herfather, stepmother and uncle had just arrived in pakistan when her body was discovered. also tonight — devastation in libya. more than 5,000 known to have died after a storm caused two dams to burst. a handshake for president putin and north korea's kimjung un marking a union between two of the world's most isolated leaders. nobody�*s a failure in this family adrian. we all have our lucky days and our unlucky days. and a star of the 19805 hit comedy bread, jean boht, has died at the age of 91. later in the hour on bbc news, more smash hits from ben stokes he sets a one—day record for england with the hundred 82 against new zealand. good evening and welcome

to the bbc news at six. the three people who police in surrey want to speak to in connection with the death of 10—year—old sara sharif are on a flight back to the uk. five weeks ago, sara's father, stepmother and her uncle flew to pakistan, just a day before her body was discovered. postmortem tests found that she'd sustained "multiple and extensive injuries." it's believed the three are on a plane that's due to land at gatwick airport this evening. they�* re returning volu natarily. our home affairs correspondent, daniel sandford, reports. it will be five weeks tomorrow since sara sharif was found dead in the early hours of a thursday morning. the ten—year—old was discovered by police at herfamily�*s home in woking. detectives said she had suffered multiple and extensive injuries. since then, the police, who are still working at the house, have been wanting to talk to the three adults who lived there,

but her father, urfan sharif, her stepmother, beinash batool, and her uncle, faisal malik, left for pakistan the day before she was found. police there were unable to locate them, even though the bbc team in islamabad had received this video of them. tonight, in a major breakthrough for the investigation, those three adults are returning to the uk by plane in business class, and are due to land at gatwick airport just after 7pm. the local imam in woking said he was pleased that they had returned. whole community is anxious, what happened to sara, and why did it happen, and how did it happen? all these questions of course, the police will investigate. it brings to an end an extensive search by police in the districts around the pakistani city of djelum which led to many of their family being questioned and the five children who travelled with them being taken at least temporarily into pakistani government care.

it was on the 8th of august that urfan sharif bought airline tickets to take his family to pakistan. the next day, he and his partner, beinash batool, and his brother, faisal malik, travelled to islamabad with sara's five siblings. 0n the 10th, sara's body was discovered at the family home in woking and the family arrived in pakistan. it is thought they went to the city, where they stayed for a few days. 0n the 15th, police in pakistan received a request from interpol to find them but they were unable to locate them. last wednesday, urfan sharif and beinash batool appeared in a video sent to the bbc, saying sara died in an incident and they were willing to cooperate with the uk authorities. on monday, pakistani police found sara's five siblings and their grandfather's house. the pakistani authorities are now looking after them. detectives in surrey will be hugely relieved that the three people they want to talk to about sara sharif�*s death will be back in the uk tonight. they are likely to be

arrested on arrival, so the process of questioning them can begin. daniel sandford, bbc news. 0ur pakistan correspondent, caroline davies, is in islamabad. plenty of questions remain — among them what happens now to sara's five siblings? they're all still there? yes, those five children are still here in pakistan, that is because a judgments ruled yesterday they shouldn't be remaining with their grandfather, instead they there been put into a government childcare facility, we know they arrived there late last night. this is a temporary measure but at the moment we don't have a time line on when the longer term decisions about their custody will be decided. many other questions remaining from this here as well. how did the three remain undiscovered for so long? why did they decide they were going to leave now? how did that come about? but the main big question still remaining, the most pressing one is what happens to the fiver children

who came out there the uk to pakistan with the three a dull, those three expected back in the uk while they stay here in pakistan. thank you. more than 5,000 people are now known to have died in libya after a storm unleashed a torrent of floodwater on sunday. these drone shots from the city of derna give a sense of the devastation, and the difficulties of getting aid to where it's needed. the city, on the mediterranean coast, was particularly badly hit. this was the port before the floods, with its population of around 100,000 people. and this is what it looks like now, after two dams and four bridges collapsed. thousands of people are still missing, and tens of thousands are now homeless. here's our correspondent quentin sommerville. a warning that you made find some of the images in his report upsetting.

when the storm came, fractured libya was ill—prepared. half a year's rainfall fell in just 2a hours. in daylight, as much as a quarter of the port city of derna was revealed to be gone, engulfed by flood water after two mountain dams failed. families were washed out to sea as they slept. the grim work to retrieve the lost is under way. locals working alongside the army are helping to remove the dead, which now number in their thousands. bodies are being washed ashore by the dozens. with terrible force, the flood swept through this city, destroying homes, cars, bridges. there was no warning, no evacuation order. gently, the body of a child is recovered from the rubble.

few here are being found alive. derna and libya are overwhelmed. it is too much for those left grieving. entire families were swallowed by the deluge. translation: i already lost six eo - le, translation: i already lost six peeple. we _ translation: i already lost six people, we managed _ translation: i already lost six people, we managed to - translation: i already lost six people, we managed to take - translation: i already lost six| people, we managed to take out translation: i already lost six - people, we managed to take out three and we did not find the other three, we have searching for the body, we could not find then. this is god's will and destiny. i lost my— this is god's will and destiny. i lost my sisters and her daughters. may god _ lost my sisters and her daughters. may god have mercy on the dead and brin- may god have mercy on the dead and bring bassit the lost. derna has long been marginalised. it was once a base for the islamic state group. years of neglect and conflict and two rival governments have seen libya fall apart. transit has been an enormous shock

and i don't want to point the blame and i don't want to point the blame and create controy psi, everyone if all measures had been taken, there would have been loss, massive losses. : but more could have been done. we warned the authority, that the dam had cracks and needs to be maintained we said it and nobody listened to us and now the whole of dr nae is flooded. what remains here already barely functions. this hospital is struggling, deep in water, and flooded with casualties. international help is on the way. these planes are from jordan, but with many of the roads in eastern libya washed away, aid will struggle to get through. this is libya's third day of national mourning, and still, the corpses keep coming. after a decade of chaos, this fresh tragedy is one the country can't bear alone. quentin sommerville,

bbc news, beirut. erna is flooded. so terrible loss of life. so terrible loss of life. so why did the two dams collapse? frank gardener has been looking at what happened when that storm hit on sunday. this has been one of the worst disasters in libya's history. but how did it happen? this satellite footage shows storm daniel, which some meteroloigists called a medicane — or mediteranean hurricane. it killed 15 people in greece in the past week, making its way across southern europe and making landfall in libya on sunday. the area most badly hit has been derna on the north—east coast. right through the city centre runs the wadi derna river flowing down from the jabal akhdar mountains. but it's dry for most of the year and no one was prepared for this. there are two dams. the upper one is this one, the al—bilad, around eight miles south of the city. due to the sheer amount of rainfall and floodwater from the storm,

it burst, as you can see in this video footage here. after that first damn collapsed, it sent water pouring down the valley before reaching a second dam, the abu mansour, which lay much closer to the city, less than a mile from it. the sheer force of the flooding meant that this second dam was also overcome. what more do we know about the dams themselves? we understand these two dams were constructed around 50 years ago, with cores of clay protected by what's called a stone "carapace" or shell. clearly, they were not strong enough to cope with a storm — and flooding — of this magnitude. and of course, all this was compounded by libya's dysfunctional politics. a country rich in natural resources, yet desperately lacking the secuirty and stability its people crave. frank, thank you. vladimir putin has said his country will help north korea advance its space programme. the russian president made

the assurances during talks with the north korean leader, kim jong—un, as they toured a space centre in russia's far east. in return it's thought north korea could provide moscow with ammunition for its war in ukraine. here's our russia editor, steve rosenberg. vladimir putin and kimjong—un. is this now a fine bromance? at the very least, both leaders believe they'd benefit from a closer relationship. their day began with a tour of a russian space centre. launch pads and rocket systems. north korea's reclusive leader was all ears. no surprise there — he wants help to develop his space and missile programmes. later, president putin said their talks would cover the economy and humanitarian issues. but was there a hidden agenda? in its war in ukraine, russia has been burning through ammunition. us officials believe that the kremlin has

been trying to do a deal with north korea for munitions. if it has been, this former russian foreign minister is unimpressed. it's very humiliating that a russian ally is now north korea again. a great power would not go to north korea for an alliance or military supplies. but the kremlin seems to believe that a great power is one that stands up to america. so, was there an arms deal or wasn't there? we simply don't know. but what is clear, i think, is that the kremlin is using closer ties with north korea to send a message to washington — that russia may be under pressure, under sanctions, but it still has the capacity to cause problems, big problems, for the west. in other words, is moscow using north korea to scare russia's opponents?

that's what we are going to show you, that you disregard us, but we still have this incredible leverage around the world and you don't even... we haven't even scratched the surface of how much we can do damage, potential damage, or at least freak you out. if that happens, i think that's putin's greater weapon than actual physical weapons. kim and putin, it's a marriage made not in heaven but in a geopolitical maelstrom. having a shared enemy, the west, has brought them together. steve rosenberg, bbc news, moscow. a 60—year—old man has been arrested on suspicion of possessing a dog, dangerously out of control, after an 11—year—old girl was attacked in the street in birmingham. ana paun was seriously injured by an american bully xl and staffordshire bull terrier crossbreed in bordesley green on saturday.

the dog went on to injure two other men. the uk's rainy weather injuly is being partly blamed for the economy shrinking that month. according to the latest figures from the office for national statistics, it shrank by 0.5% — which was more than economists were expecting. analysts say strike action by nhs staff and teachers also contirbuted to the fall. 0ur chief economics correspondent, dharshini david, reports. who wouldn't want to spend their summer like this? a canter along the beach. good lad! who's a good boy? but a couple of months ago, business at this cumbrian equestrian centre was not in such fine fettle. two out of five of their summer visitors are tourists, staying in the lake district. july's wash—out dampened bookings. good lad. i would say that ourjuly figures this year were slightly down, so the equestrians still came, as they would. they have booked in advance, they have paid,

they are going to come. but we were definitely down on the tourism side of things this year. july's figures for the tourism industry side, probably down between 30—a0%. the relief of barbie and 0ppenheimer provided many with an escape from downpours in the cinema, and a blockbuster boost for the arts and recreation sector, helping to offset the impact of the downpours on sporting events, staycations and the high street. strike action, too, held back output. so the economy went into reverse, activity shrinking by 0.5% injuly. but there's more to the story. what matters for all of us isn't one month's data but the bigger picture. our economy injuly was no bigger than it was a year ago. in fact, over the last 15 years, growth has been on average a fraction of what it was prior to the financial crisis, which means that potentially, we have been losing out to the tune

of hundreds of billions of pounds. but our near—term prospects aren't great. over 200,000 jobs were shed in the early summer. mortgage repayments are costing households £8 billion more than they were a couple of years ago. those higher interest rates, deployed to fight inflation, are holding us back and risking a deeper downturn. interest rates are really high, which increases the cost of borrowing for houses and firms, and inflation seems to be persistently high as well, which obviously squeezes household and firm budgets. so those things in combination suggest that we might be seeing worse economic output than expected. saddled with high costs — hay prices alone have tripled — and weak growth — 15% of stables who offer recreational riding have closed in the last year. how to up the pace of growth will be a key question for all politicians in the run—up to the election, if we are to face a brighter horizon.

dharshini david, bbc news. our top story this evening. three people who police want to speak to over the death of 10—year—old sara sharif are on a flight back to the uk from pakistan. still to come — the swimmer with a stoma who became the first to take the plunge to swim the channel. and on bbc london. the lack of provision for babies born with tongue ties in the capital. plus, we hearfrom a london firefighter in morocco who is there helping to search for survivors. rescue teams from the uk have joined the search for survivors after the devastating earthquake hit morocco last week, killing nearly 3,000 people. more than 60 british personnel are on the ground with rescue dogs, but conditions have

been extremely difficult. 0ur correspondent tom batemanjoined a team, one of the worst hit villages in the remote high atlas mountains. searching for the scent of life. colin scours the ruins of one of morocco's most devastated mountain villages. we have 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 is 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 any live casualties in this area. so now it is 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 is god's decision. 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. only the minaret of the mosque remains. everything else, homes, streets, a whole community, is reduced to this. it is overwhelming. and everyone we have spoken to here says they believe everyone that was missing has died. there is no hope left of finding survivors.

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, douzrou moutain, morocco. the police watchdog is to investigate how a police force handled the case of andrew malkinson, who was wrongfully convicted of rape. mr malkinson spent 17 years in jail for a crime he did not commit despite steadfastly maintaining his innocence. the independent office for police conduct will look into how greater manchester police handled complaints that it had withheld evidence crucial to his case. the conservative mp, tobias ellwood, has quit his role as chair of the defence committee in the house of commons. he had been under pressure to quit since he posted a video to social

media earlier this year appearing to praise the taliban, claiming afghanistan had been transformed under their rule. the video has since been deleted. a source has told the bbc he resigned before he was pushed. the children's commissioner says clarity is urgently needed for teachers, pupils parents in england over what a school should do when a child identifies as transgender. scotland and northern ireland already have guidance — wales is holding a public consultation. but headteachers in england still have to make their own decisions about how to involve parents, which sports pupils play and issues around toilets and changing facilities. 0ur correspondent lauren moss has been speaking to two parents with differing views. guidance for schools about transgender pupils was first promised in 2018, and despite the prime minister's pledge it would be delivered last term, the wait continues. when and how to involve parents is one of the reasons it's so complicated. we've spoken to two parents anonymously,

to protect theirfamilies' privacy. we're a close—knit family. i want to make sure that she doesn't do anything that's not right for her. when rachel's16—year—old identified as nonbinary — not exclusively male or female — she met with the school. teachers told her they already knew and had been using a different name and pronouns — what can be known as socially transitioning — at her child's request, without telling rachel. she'd self—diagnosed gender dysphoria. the well—being of my daughter is my responsibility, and i just feel that what the school has done by taking the actions they did undermined that. but others have a different view. mike's child sam came out as trans at the age of 12. it was a surprise, but if he wished to identify in that way, we would fully support him. they agreed with the school that sam would socially transition, but mike says without official guidance, he doesn't think teachers were confident about what to do. sam was badly bullied and had to move schools. it was absolutely devastating. he started having serious panic attacks. i've always believed that

schools should be a place of safety for every child, and i also believe that schools have a legal duty of care for every child. sam is autistic and rachel's child is being assessed for neurodiversity. both children's birth sex is female and they've previously struggled with eating disorders and anxiety. rachel says her daughter has since returned to using she/her pronouns. injuly the government's own lawyer advised it could be unlawful for teachers to ban a child from socially transitioning. the department for education says this is a difficult and sensitive area. what do you think the guidance should contain? if the pupils are questioning their gender, then the school should immediately involve the parents. and that the school shouldn't be taking it upon themselves to make these decisions. i think first of all schools should be looking at being supportive. if the child is receiving additional support in school then, yes, parents need to be informed of that, but i don't feel that parents need to be informed that their child

is identifying as the opposite gender, especially in situations where that might put them at risk. in order to protect the families' identities, the bbc�*s not contacted either school for comment. the government says schools and colleges should proceed with caution and prioritise safeguarding and well—being. unions say without guidance teachers are in a vacuum, but no deadline has been set for when it may finally land on their desks. lauren moss, bbc news. a 43—year—old woman has become the first to swim solo across the channel with a stoma. gill castle suffered life changing injuries during child birth which left her with a colostomy pouch. she wanted to do the swim to break down the fear and stigma around swimming with one, as alison freeman reports. bye, gill, good luck! have a great day, all right? we're here for you. this is what all the training had been for. at last, gill castle

was getting her chance to swim the channel and prove anything is possible. the weather's calm, the water looks beautiful at the moment. there's a slight breeze. 12 years ago, gill was so badly injured during the birth of her son that she had to have a stoma. it diverts her bowel to a bag on her abdomen. it changed her life, but she wanted to set an example and become the first woman with a stoma to swim the channel. this is kind of like my really in your face way of saying, "if i can swim the channel, you can go to your local pool." but really, ultimately, my everything is to show my son that his birth did not ruin my life. so there is gill, she is looking very happy. it took gilljust under 1a hours to swim more than 21 miles solo injust her swimming costume, taking on board food at regular intervals, never allowed to touch her support vessel. yes! then yesterday, late morning, she landed on french soil,

her son never far from her thoughts. well done. - how was that? have you got a message for sam? it was all for you! and whilst gill has achieved something huge, her hopes remain modest. i would love evenjust one person with a stoma who has never been swimming before, as a result of what i've done today, to go to their local pool. that would, that would make my day. alison freeman, bbc news, dover. ben stokes has smashed the record for the highest score by an england batter in a one—day international with 182 against new zealand at the 0val. england's test captain, who came out of one—day retirement to play in this series and next month's world cup in india, beat the previous best of 180 made by jason roy against australia in melbourne in 2018. england are defending world champions in the format.

the actressjean boht, best known for playing nellie boswell in the 19805 hit bbc sitcom bread, has died. she was 91. the show ran for five years and was watched by 20 million people at its peak. 0ur arts correspondent david sillito looks back at her life. # will be right at home. thank the, oh lord- -- — # will be right at home. thank the, oh lord... forcing _ # will be right at home. thank the, oh lord... forcing us _ # will be right at home. thank the, oh lord... forcing us safely - # will be right at home. thank the, oh lord... forcing us safely throughj oh lord... forcing us safely through the night and for the food we are about to vault.— the night and for the food we are about to vault. jean boht as nellie boswell, about to vault. jean boht as nellie boswell. the _ about to vault. jean boht as nellie boswell, the formidable _ about to vault. jean boht as nellie boswell, the formidable matriarchj about to vault. jean boht as nellie i boswell, the formidable matriarch of bread. at its peak, the story of the boswell family getting buy in 80s liverpool was drawing more than 20 million viewers.— million viewers. none of us were known, million viewers. none of us were known. just _ million viewers. none of us were known. just five _ million viewers. none of us were known, just five or _ million viewers. none of us were known, just five or six _ million viewers. none of us were known, just five or six actors, i known, just five or six actors, working together, really, and maybe

thatis working together, really, and maybe that is why it was so special. it wasn't like any other comedy series. there was a stand—up comedian and of it and that is why it was special. she had had a long career before bread in and theatre. distant voices, still lives... the boys from the black stuff in which she was on the other side of a black economy and the social security office but nothing much the popularity of bread. her death comes just weeks after that of her husband, composer carl davis. in a statement, her family said she had been battling dementia, with the indefatigable spirit for which she was most beloved and renowned. the actressjean boht, who's died at the age of 91. time for a look at the weather. here's ben rich.

i have never seen the northern lights but some lucky people did yesterday, didn't they? it is on the list but you are right, some people got to see it last night. this was how it looked in aberdeenshire but some spot even further south got to see a glimpse of the aurora borealis and it may happen again tonight. this graphic shows the chance of seeing the northern lights, obviously, iceland and parts of scandinavia, a very good chance but even into parts of northern scotland and perhaps even further south, a chance to see the northern lights tonight, if these guys remain clear and they will not everywhere. you can see this curl of cloud on the satellite image, an outbreak of rain without pushing across scotland and northern ireland and down into northern england and parts of wales through the night. it will turn very windy in the north—west of scotland with gusts of 65 mph or more in exposed spots. certainly not as cold as it was last night in the highlands. heading into tomorrow, a band of cloud and rain setting in place across parts of wales, the midlands and may up into northern england. to the north,

sunshine and showers and still very windy in northern scotland. to the south of the rain band, spells of sunshine and actually, after a fresher day to day, temperatures are starting to climb again, up to 23-24. starting to climb again, up to 23—24. 0ur weather front, starting to climb again, up to 23—24. 0ur weatherfront, the band of cloud and rain, will as we head into friday move northwards again. quite a soggy day in prospect for parts of northern ireland, southern and central parts of scotland. further south, we will see quite a lot of sunshine and some real warmth developing. 25 in london. compare that withjust 13 in developing. 25 in london. compare that with just 13 in glasgow. as we head into the weekend, it is a messy weather picture to say the least. low pressure trying to swirl its way in from the south. as the weekend wears on, i think there is the increasing chance we will see some showers and thunderstorms. still, though, fairly warm down towards the south. now look at this. this is a murderer escaping from a prison in pennsylvania. tonight — after two weeks on the run and a country—wide manhunt —

he has been caught.