at gatwick airport. devastation in libya — more than 5,000 known to have died after a storm caused two dams to burst. a handshake for putin and kim — marking a union between two of the world's most isolated leaders. and is it a job beyond your �*wildest dreams�*? a us news outlet advertises for a taylor swift reporter. welcome to the programme. first, a story that's garnered huge attention both in the uk and worldwide —

that of 10—year—old sara sharif who was found dead in her home in surrey. now herfather, step—mother and uncle, have been arrested on suspicion of murder after arriving on a flight from dubai. they left the uk a day before sara's body was found. the bbc�*s daniel sandford has the latest. touching down at gatwick airport tonight, five weeks to the day since they flew to pakistan on the day before she was found dead, sara sharif�*s father, stepmother and uncle. minutes after the door had opened, the three could be seen through the airbridge windows being led off the plane by the police in handcuffs. and three separate vans drove them away after all three had been arrested on suspicion of murder. their travel booking showed they had changed planes in dubai and had flown business class from there to london. the vans arrived a short time later at guildford police station. urfan sharif, beinash batool and faisal malik will now be questioned about what they

might know about her death. two men, aged 41 years and 28 years and a woman, aged 29 years, was arrested on suspicion of murder after disembarking a flight from dubai. they are currently in custody and will be interviewed in due course. when police discovered sara sharif�*s body, she had multiple and extensive injuries. so much so, it was unclear which injury had caused her death. she had been found at the family home in woking where she had lived with herfather, stepmother and uncle, and five siblings. the local imam in woking said he was pleased that the adults had now returned. the whole community is anxious what has happened to sara and why did it happen and how did it happen. so 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 othelum, which led to many of the 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 at urfan sharif for 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 tenth, sara's body was discovered at her family home in woking. and the family arrived in pakistan. it's thought they went to the city othelum where 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 incidents saying sara died in an incident and they were willing to cooperate with the uk authorities.

on monday, pakistani police found sara's siblings at their grandfather's house in jhelum. the pakistani authorities are now looking after them. surrey police said sara sharif�*s mother 0lga sharif had been told about tonight's arrests and was being supported by specialist officers. daniel sanford, bbc news. we will be tracking investigations very closely here on the bbc. a train carrying the north korean leader is winding its way back to pyongyang, after kimjong un�*s meeting with vladimir putin in russia's far east. in kim's back pocket — a promise of help with space technology, seen as a critical part of his wider nuclear weapons programme. what vladimir putin received in return is hard to tell — possibly the supply of ammunitions and artillery. but there's no mistaking the overall message being sent to the west — we are not on the same page as you about global stability.

earlier i spoke to the managing director of asia society policy institute, rorry daniels who outlined what she thinks the leaders will hope to get from this meeting. it's very clear that what russia needs most from north korea are these military inputs. so i think it's very likely that military inputs were discussed to the united states. this is a very unacceptable escalation of russia and north korea military cooperation. not only does it have the potential to prolong russia's illegal war in ukraine, there are also restrictions placed on north korea's ability to conduct military cooperation because of its long standing violations of the norms of nuclear nonproliferation. so i think this is very concerning for the west and bears careful watching in the days and months ahead. and rory, how worrying is the promise of help in improving north korea's space technology? i mean, we've seen pyongyang's attempts at developing spy

satellites in the past. i think that's also very concerning for the west, of course. north korea continues to be an aggressive bully of its neighbours in the region who are key us allies, including south korea and japan, and advances in its military technology, its space technology, its satellite technology. all of these would be seen as counter to regional peace and stability. it's clear from the locations chosen for this visit, the rocket launching site, the aviation factories, the naval facilities that kim jong—un is reported to be on his way to visiting, that there is a lot of interest from the north koreans in advancing its conventional military space satellite programme. so i think that this is definitely a cause for concern from the west. but at the same time, it's really important to remember that kimjong important to remember that kim jong that kim jong—un needs to needs to show his population that he went to russia to get something significant.

these are the key priorities that he's given to his people. so i think that there is some, we need to do a little bit of waiting and seeing on what actually develops from this visit. and very briefly, rory, has this become an example of what severe sanctions can do to countries which find themselves completely isolated, like russia and north korea? i think severe sanctions do push these countries together. and what's critically important with sanctions is not just implementing them in the first place, but it's having clear and consistent enforcement. so both russia and north korea have decided that the cost of disengagement from the international community is worth the benefits of pursuing their strategic military goals. and i think it's up to the us and the west to make sure that we have the enforcement in place to to create that choice as starkly as possible and hopefully to push this in a different direction.

we are also getting reports that putin has been invited to north korea as a leader stage. that is the situation we will also be tracking. —— litre stage. now to the �*horrifying situation�* in libya. more than 5,000 people are known to have died in floods that have overwhelmed parts of the country�*s east. 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. quentin sommerville has this report. 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 people. - we managed to take out three and we did not find the other three people. we�*re searching for the bodies

here, we could not find then. 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. translation: it has been - an enormous shock and i don't want to point the blame at anyone or create controversy. even if all measures had been taken, there would have been losses, massive losses. but more could have been done. translation: we warned the authorities since last l week, no, for years, that the dam had cracks and needs to be maintained. we said it and nobody listened to us and now the whole of derna is flooded. what remains here already barely functions. this hospital is struggling, deep in water, and flooded with casualties. and for the medical staff, it is all too much. translation: this is |

a catastrophe from god. we have lost brothers. 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. the un says the two rival governments in libya are coordinating their relief efforts. earlier, i spoke to abdulkader assad — political editor at libya 0bserver based in istanbul. i asked him how the political tensions in the country were affecting the response of the local authorities.

it has actually slowed down the relief response from the from day one of the disaster. and that is the main problem here. we all know that libya has been split between two governments for the last decade at least, and we haven�*t actually felt the impact of this division because these two, like the presence of two governments, was all about vying for power and taking control of the country and parts of the country. but now that some of the cities are experiencing this natural disaster, this calamity, we could we could see that the lack of a unified, centralised government is actually affecting the lives of people, because you have two governments that are not listening to the people and are not coordinating with each other.

and some government in tripoli is saying that in darna they don�*t need medicines and food aid. but when you listen to the people in derna they�*re not, they�*re telling you, "we�*re hungry and we don�*t have clothes and we are afraid of diseases spreading from decomposed bodies." so how come a government says something and the people on the ground are saying another thing and the eastern government is slowing down the arrival of relief teams and responders byjust creating checkpoints. i mean, come on, checkpoints for relief workers? this is not a military situation, but this is the problem. these to the eastern government and the east in general is used to military conflict, armed groups and stuff. they are not used to civil society work, to providing services. derna is a really collapsing

city. and not now, this week. it has been collapsed. long ago there was a year long siege in 2018. and there was a war before that when isis was their war after that, when khalifa haftar forces tried to end some extremists or as they called them at the time. so there�*s there is this problem that has been there for a long time. what does libya need at the moment from the international community in terms of attention and in terms of hard help? actually, the international community is now dispatching relief responders and rescuers. but the core issue here, the important thing is getting these two governments to put aside their political affiliations and there, you know, their alliances and just go there and respond to the needs of the people. that�*s the only thing that is needed now from the international community

and threatening. the un should actually not say that the two governments are coordinating. no, it should threaten both governments and both and all of the officials of those governments with sanctions if they hinder or hamper the arrival of relief response and the arrival of aid and humanitarian action, because that�*s what�*s happening now. we will be tracking rescue efforts very closely here on the bbc. let�*s take a look at some other stories in the headlines... aftershocks have been felt near last week�*s epicentre of the earthquake in morocco. in mountain villages the chances of finding survivors from last friday�*s earthquake, which killed almost 3,000 people, are fading. the 6.8 magnitude quake, the impact of which was felt from the high atlas mountains to the city of marrakesh, levelled buildings and left survivors homeless and in urgent need of shelter, food and clothing.

at least 56 people have died in a huge apartment block fire in the vietnamese capital, hanol about seventy people were rescued from the ten—storey building, with many of them taken to hospital. the fire, which broke out during the night, has been extinguished but rescue operations are still on. the wife ofjailed mexican drug lord, joaquin el chapo guzman, was released from prison earlier today. the federal bureau of prisons confirmed her release. emma coronel was sentenced in 2021 to three years in prison, but had her sentence reduced after pleading guilty to drug trafficking charges. her husband, who led

the sinaloa drug cartel, is serving a life sentence in new york. around the world and across the uk. this is bbc news. bbc is bringing you different stories from across the uk. he plays a vital role in the fight against crime. together with his handlerjosh hundley, this german shepherd is responding to a 999 call. like all police officers, he has a call number two. his is pd six, and recognition of the essential role of these animals play in modern—day policing. the force has 26 dogs, forjosh, this one is not only a colleague but a best friend as well. we is not only a colleague but a best friend as well.- best friend as well. we are together — best friend as well. we are together 365 _ best friend as well. we are together 365 days - best friend as well. we are together 365 days of - best friend as well. we are together 365 days of the i best friend as well. we are . together 365 days of the year. he comes home with me, he lives with me, when i am not work i am with him still. in recognition - am with him still. in recognition of their service april of honour has been created at the headquarters building. recognition and for what are part of life, it seems only fair our four—legged friends should feel part of that as well. for more stories from across the uk had to the bbc news website.

you�*re live with bbc news. an escaped murderer who had been on the run in pennsylvania for almost two weeks has been re—captured, ending a chase that captivated america. more than 500 officers hunted danelo cavalcante after he broke out of prison on the 31st of august. he�*d been awaiting transfer to state prison to serve a life sentence forfatally stabbing an ex—girlfriend. gary 0�*donoghue reports. relieved in their moment of triumph, this pennsylvania police swat team seemingly unable to resist parading their captive moments after he was tracked down. cavalcante�*s extraordinary crab—like escape from prison two weeks ago was caught on security video. it was a route another inmate had used back in may, though he was captured straightaway. cavalcante was on the loose for two weeks, staying at large by breaking in to homes and stealing clothes and food, as well as a rifle.

police got their breakthrough when a plane detected a heat source on the ground, and at dawn they moved in, a police dog pinning him to the ground. i believe he was taken by surprise, and i believe the canine played a large role in him not being able to utilise that firearm. the break—out came just a week after he�*d been sentenced to life without parole for the brutal murder of his girlfriend deborah brandao, who was stabbed dozens of times in front of her two small children. we are so relieved, i can't even tell you. a quiet place that's remained untouched, and i'm glad he's out of it. ecstatic that they got him. i mean, showing our guys can get it done. cavalcante was also wanted for a murder in his native brazil, from where he fled in 2018, entering the united states illegally through florida. this is the latest in a spate of prison breaks in pennsylvania. the state governor is now promising a full inquiry. gary 0�*donoghue, bbc news.

let�*s take a look at some of the stories making headlines in the uk. 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. in the film, which he�*s since deleted, he claimed afghanistan had been transformed under their rule. the wet weather in july is being partly blamed for the economy shrinking. according to the office for national statistics, it shrank by 0.5% — which was more than what economists were expecting. analysts say strike action by nhs staff and teachers also contributed to the fall. the police watchdog will investigate how a police force handled the case of andrew malkinson, who was wrongfully convicted of rape. mr malkinson spent 17 years injailfor a crime he did not commit, despite steadfastly

maintaining his innocence. it�*s being described as the �*dream job�* for swifties or even, beyond their �*wildest dreams�*. a major newspaper chain in the us is advertising for a reporter who will exclusively cover news related to the singer and songwriter taylor swift. she�*s one of the biggest names in music — and her current �*eras�* world tour is breaking records. the job advertisement was posted on tuesday by gannett — the owner of several major newspapers, including usa today. earlier i spoke to dr robert thompson — television, radio and film professor at syracuse university. i mean, you first hear this and you think it sounds

absolutely ridiculous. journalism ad absurdum, a culture desk, yes. a culture beat, yes. a music beat, a pop music beat. but to focus, a beat down to a single artist, taylor swift. and now they�*re hiring a beyonce, a reporter as well. it seems absolutely ridiculous. but, you know, when you think about it, way back in the late 18th century, wasn�*t boswell following around drjohnson? that turned out pretty well when he had the drjohnson beat. matter of fact, in the late 20th century, i was assigned to read boswell�*s work onjohnson and not johnson himself. so maybe it�*s not as strange as it seems. and i think it�*s also true that if we want to understand the soul of a nation, we need to understand its wars and its leaders and the usual historical stuff. but we also really need to understand its cheeseburgers, its lawn ornaments, its sitcoms, and its popular musicians.

so on the categorical level of does it make sense for someone to be covering as exclusive beat of one artist, if it�*s as an important artist as taylor swift or beyonce, yes, i think it makes sense, but it does call for all kinds of other questions as well. do you feel this also indicates a major shift in the media landscape in the way in which companies will do things now, and that these kind of appointments could be here to stay and, well, become a bit of a trend. well, i think they are. i mean, it shows that traditionaljournalism is taking leads from social media and amateur work blogs and fansites, all of the rest of it. but if i don�*t think we�*re going to see, the only reason why it is important to have a single journalist covering these artists is that they are so unique.

they do penetrate so much of the culture in an era where the culture has become so fragmented. so, no, i don�*t think we�*re going to see. i think there are very, very few artists that would support this kind of journalistic attention. i don�*t think we�*re going to see that as a general trend. and that�*s kind of the point — that the fact that there are so few artists of this cultural centrality is one of the reasons those are the ones being covered with this focus. the question is what other things are not being covered as a result of it? this is an era where print journalism and newspapers are laying off all kinds of people, and here is a place they�*ve decided to put additional concentrated resources . 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. let�*s bring you some breaking news. following up from their meeting in eastern russia, vladimir putin has been invited and accepted to visit north korea�*s capital pyongyang, according to national north korean media. no date have been set up for the meeting yet. that�*s all for now — stay with bbc news. thanks for watching. hello. thursday promises to bring a real mix of weather across the uk. for much of wales, parts of the midlands and northern england, we will have a band of cloud bringing some outbreaks of rain at times. to the south of that, it will be dry and warm.

to the north of that, a mix of sunshine and showers. and in the far north, in northern scotland, some strong winds. it�*s all because of an area of low pressure and this dangling frontal system here. this weather front, will be very, very slow—moving through the day on thursday, so we will see that band of cloud and rain across wales, parts of the midlands, some parts of northern england. of cloud and rain across wales, parts of the midlands, some parts of northern england. we start the day with gales across the north of scotland and some heavy rain drifting its way across the northern isles. scotland, northern ireland, the far north of england can expect a day of sunny spells and scattered showers. then here�*s our rain bands, the rainjust waxing and waning across parts of wales, the north midlands, northern england. to the south of that, some spells of sunshine and some warmth, highs of 23, 2a, maybe 25 degrees. now, through thursday night, our rain band will tend to pep up again and it will also drift northwards across northern england, into northern ireland, southern and central parts of scotland by the end of the night. to the south of that, clear spells, 11 or 12 degrees. to the north of that,

actually rather chilly in the north of scotland. but for friday, well, it looks very wet indeed across northern ireland, rain also affecting southern and central parts of scotland. and underneath the cloud, with the outbreaks of rain, temperatures in glasgow only getting to 13 degrees, 1a there in belfast. compare that with 25 in london. some warmth and humidity building down towards the south. into the weekend, this area of low pressure swirling to the south—west of us will try to throw some showers or longer spells of rain in our direction. and with that, some relatively warm and humid air. that said, many places on saturday will see a fair amount of dry weather. a little bit of cloud, some bits and pieces of rain here and there, maybe some thunderstorms in the channel islands and the south—west of england. but towards the south—east corner, in the sunshine, highs of 26 or 27 degrees. always cooler and fresher further north, but some warmth and humidity for many of us on sunday. with that, some heavy showers

and some thunderstorms. that�*s all from me. bye for now.

fuel prices in the us are driving up the cost of living, raising concerns over whether the us federal reserve will keep rates steady.

drivers are revving their engines for this weekend�*s f1 in singapore. but the sport is far from the finish line when it comes to meeting their energy emissions goals. hello and welcome to asia business report. i�*m arunoday mukharji. we begin in the us, where consumer prices have risen by more than expected last month, driven by higher costs for rent and fuel. the inflation rate rose 3.7% over the 12 months to august. that�*s up from 3.2% injuly. the figures underscore the challenges facing officials trying to stabilise prices, which soared last year at the fastest pace in decades. analyst dimitri zabelin says american consumers continue to feel squeezed by the rising cost of living.

a lot of the inflation, if you look at it in the us,