detectives are to begin questioning three relatives of ten—year—old sara sharif. hello, i'm well —— hello and welcome to bbc news. we start with the aftermath of those catastrophic floods in libya. we have had a statement from the un meteorological organisation which tells us that most of the thousands of deaths could have been avoided if warnings had been issued, because that would have led to evacuations. these are the latest pictures out of one of the worst hit cities, we have been focusing a lot on derna, it has been focusing a lot on derna, it has been very difficult for us to get accurate figures from derna of the amount of people who have lost their lives there because you can see from

these drone pictures the scale of these drone pictures the scale of the devastation in that city. but we have had an interview with the mayor of derna and he has said as many as 20,000 people may have been killed there. several of the city's districts were destroyed. it all happened when two dams burst on sunday and when that happened this huge surge of water was released from the dams. look at these pictures here, entire neighbourhoods were completely flooded and submerged when those two dams collapsed. the images give you just a small sense of how these houses and their buildings in these neighbourhoods, some of them have been swept away, some of them just completely submerged by the torrents of water. i mentioned the united nations criticising the fact that there were not early warning systems in place. the meteorological branch has said it previously did attempt

to assist the libyan authorities. they wanted to try and reform the meteorological system, but these efforts were hampered because of the insecure nature of what is happening insecure nature of what is happening in libya because of the fact there are two governments operational bear and the many security threats. and now if we have a look at this, more drone pictures from over the city, these are higher than some of the ones we have seen so far but if you look closely you can just see the scale of the devastation that the water has left. these pictures show you just one street. these are from the libyan national tv channel. you can see a bulldozer that has managed to get into the city, they are already trying to clear up some of the debris that is on the road. there is so much mud, so much that has been washed onto the streets as

well. sojust has been washed onto the streets as well. so just clearing has been washed onto the streets as well. sojust clearing up here is a huge endeavour for the people who are involved. we are seeing this clearing up happening around the city, some close—up pictures here of bulldozers and locals trying to do what they can. look at this house, just staggering when you see the damage. the bulldozers trying to lift up some of the wreckage. some of the cars that are on the streets as well. and all that debris that has been washed in from the ocean as well, just coming in to the streets of derna. it's estimated that more than i of derna. it's estimated that more thani million of derna. it's estimated that more than i million tonnes of water was released all at one time. we can speak to the director of the sidique institute, a libyan think tank, says it is hard to take in the sheer scale of the flooding. i it is hard to take in the sheer scale of the flooding.- it is hard to take in the sheer scale of the flooding. i think we have to try _ scale of the flooding. i think we have to try to — scale of the flooding. i think we have to try to comprehend - scale of the flooding. i think we have to try to comprehend the l scale of the flooding. i think we - have to try to comprehend the sheer magnitude of the force of what has happened, this was no ordinary flat as your images are showing. the magnitude of the force, the millions

of cubic metres that gushed out from that damn with the same force, maybe 100 kilojoules early estimates, higher than the force of the bomb that hit nagasaki in the second world war. that's why it looks like a meteor strike or that an atomic bomb has gone off in the city. it has ravaged so much of the infrastructure, taking into homes and apartment blocks away. the world needs to comprehend the idea of the magnitude of the effort that now needs to go into this and trying to recover those that are still missing because they have been left to live amongst the elements. even the displaced of 30000 and 40,000 are now facing the elements four days after this. this will be of a magnitude we still don't understand because the effects are still trickling down. figs because the effects are still trickling down.— because the effects are still trickling down. because the effects are still tricklin: down. a �* , ., trickling down. as we've seen from the pictures. _ trickling down. as we've seen from the pictures, the _ trickling down. as we've seen from the pictures, the powerful- trickling down. as we've seen from the pictures, the powerful floodingj the pictures, the powerfulflooding caused some multistorey buildings and of course there are people on site, some of the worst slipping, they have lost their lives in peace

swept into the sea and it has led to these really sad pictures of families heading down to the seafront, franklyjust looking for bodies, looking for theirfamilies bodies, looking for their families and bodies, looking for theirfamilies and relatives. these pictures are just from one sure alone, and the wired is from there, many people not expecting to find their family members alive but they are trying to collect some of the many bodies that are washing—up sure, when we speak to aid agency they say right now thatis to aid agency they say right now that is one of the things they need the most, body bags to try and respectfully remove the dead from the shore front, these are pictures of people finding the bodies of their loved ones. the moment one father found their loved ones. the moment one fatherfound his son. he their loved ones. the moment one father found his son. he said, their loved ones. the moment one fatherfound his son. he said, god give me patience, my heart is with you. we can speak to a sudanese man who was working in a factory in derna, he told us about a key

experience of what happened. translation: we experience of what happened. translation:— experience of what happened. translation: ~ , ., ., ., translation: we woke up at around half ast translation: we woke up at around half past three _ translation: we woke up at around half past three in _ translation: we woke up at around half past three in the _ translation: we woke up at around half past three in the morning, - translation: we woke up at around half past three in the morning, we - half past three in the morning, we heard a large bank. anyone who is awake and derna foreshaw must have heard it. the water was unbelievable, everybody could hear it coming. when we went outside, the city was gone. it had been raised to the ground. to begin with, there are around 14 or 15 families which were swept away by the sea photo anyone in the valley was just swept away. all the other people who lived along the coast are gone, may they rest in peace. we woke up to a real catastrophe, we couldn't find anyone, we couldn't find anyone we knew. may god have mercy is on their souls is in heaven. so knew. may god have mercy is on their souls is in heaven.— souls is in heaven. so who is helping? _ souls is in heaven. so who is helping? rescue _ souls is in heaven. so who is helping? rescue teams - souls is in heaven. so who is i helping? rescue teams around souls is in heaven. so who is - helping? rescue teams around the world are starting to arrive in libya. egypt, tunisia, italy, spain

and turkey among the countries are sending help at the initial response was of course from within libya itself despite the fact that it's divided. these are pictures of vehicles loaded up with aid heading into derna, people from around libya, we have seen this in morocco as well, just doing everything they can to help those who have been affected. locals are in desperate need of basics, things like food, they are queueing here for supplies of bread, it's been really difficult to get fresh food, these are actually aid workers baking the bread to then hand out to people. the un is warning that the tens of thousands of people displaced are now at risk of exposure to waterborne diseases. a spokesperson for the un said they were rushing in all the aid they possibly could. it is another grim morning in that area, _ is another grim morning in that area, whereas we hear, people are devastated — area, whereas we hear, people are devastated by their loss, trying to

bury their— devastated by their loss, trying to bury their dead, finding them is a missing— bury their dead, finding them is a missing or— bury their dead, finding them is a missing or who have survived or may be missing or who have survived or may he caught— missing or who have survived or may he caught in— missing or who have survived or may be caught in crevices in collapsed buildings — be caught in crevices in collapsed buildings. so it's absolutely a devastating disaster and our heart realty _ devastating disaster and our heart really goes out to the people. we are rushing in all the aid at all the people we possibly can at the moment — the people we possibly can at the moment. it's really all hands on deck _ moment. it's really all hands on deck we — moment. it's really all hands on deck. we are sending in a particular specialised — deck. we are sending in a particular specialised relief team, who are going _ specialised relief team, who are going to — specialised relief team, who are going to work with responders on the ground _ going to work with responders on the ground to _ going to work with responders on the ground to help with the coordination of a lot— ground to help with the coordination of a lot of— ground to help with the coordination of a lot of work that lies ahead, because — of a lot of work that lies ahead, because the focus right now is of course _ because the focus right now is of course for— because the focus right now is of course for us and for the rest of the international community to come to the _ the international community to come to the aid _ the international community to come to the aid of— the international community to come to the aid of people who were there in the _ to the aid of people who were there in the coming days in coming weeks and most _ in the coming days in coming weeks and most likely in the months ahead.

let's crossover now to bbc verify. we have just been seeing and hearing pictures of the skill of the disaster, it seems the more pictures we get in every day since this happened, the more shocking it seems, the more intense the damage and devastation.— and devastation. exactly that. here at bbc verify _ and devastation. exactly that. here at bbc verify we — and devastation. exactly that. here at bbc verify we have _ and devastation. exactly that. here at bbc verify we have been - and devastation. exactly that. here at bbc verify we have been going l at bbc verify we have been going through videos and verifying them and also satellite images. we start with one of the videos we verified from derna. ifi with one of the videos we verified from derna. if i can press play and that, you can see the devastation, there is a road bridge here that is completely gone. you canjust there is a road bridge here that is completely gone. you can just see the scale of that destruction, not just destruction but death as well. to give you more context, this map shows you more about where things are, this is the eastern side of libya, this is the city of benghazi which of course many people will have heard about other cities in the

mediterranean coast here which have been impacted, this is a mountain range. it is derna we have been mostly talking about because that is where we understand most of the devastation and casualties are. let's go a bit more into derna to give you a closer look. there were two dams in derna, both of these were breached in the wake of storm daniel. the water gushing out towards the ocean in a very built—up area here where a lot of people lived in derna. we willjust come to a satellite image, we have been looking at a lot of satellite imagery and it's been really useful in terms of giving us a sense of the scale what's happened. this shows you just how built—up derna was. you can see there the mediterranean. remember the first video we showed you, that was taken from around here, we understand, so you can see that completely gone, that road bike

by the mediterranean. we willjust move to a satellite of the aftermath. you can really see the difference. you can see how that has completely gone, that road bridge, but also large swathes of derna just kind of mad effectively, just decimated. another satellite that gives you an idea, we talked about the two dams, this was the darma closest to the city and you can see a road going over there, let's bring you a satellite image again, you can see quite clearly the difference. we have also been able to get more detailed satellite imaging. again, this is derna and if we come in a bit closer you can see a line of cars here parked up next to what we understand would have been a residential building. butjust look at that, it really does have home

the scale and the extent of the damage and destruction in the wake of those floods. of course, you have been mentioning of the programme power officials estimate that the death toll could be around 20,000 that would be one in five people in derna which has a population of around 100,000. the former mayor has spoken to our colleagues at bbc arabic and they understand the worst of the flooding hit at around three so if we just go back to look at that, most people would have been at home, sleeping at night. and you just see the devastation. of course, we are trying to corroborate ourselves what the likely death toll could be but it looks like it'd be quite vast if you just look at that. in does indeed, rajini. we live now to paris. we're looking at those

pictures and seeing the scale of the challenge ahead notjust to get aid in but also further on than that, the challenge of rebuilding. given how unstable it's been in derna for years now, how does that security picture, how does that lack of a political system and structure there are actually now complicate things? welcome a has had a political system, it has had police and a mayor, and really that has imposed any security threat for more than four years. any security threat for more than fouryears. —— any security threat for more than four years. —— that hasn't posed. what i'm trying to say is that we should remember that part of the lack of stability you are referring to was caused by the very leaders who are now responsible for overseeing the rescue efforts and the reconstruction. it's not clear

whether placement will be savaged as a city, it's possible that it never exists again as a city of inhabitants, we are not sure if it will be livable, in which case they will be livable, in which case they will not be a reconstruction, in which case we will have to watch very closely what becomes of the refugees, the displaced people, probably 80,000 or more that will have to be allocated to some other territory and reintegrated into society. but that has really existed since 2019. that was the moment where the urban war was finally done and in theory we should have witnessed something a reconstruction effort in 2019, and this year with the idea of building at least one decent housing development in the city. so it was really suffering not necessarily because of its own

fault, it is a civilian population, of course there were some elements that were bellicose and that was part of the origin of the crisis before this tragedy, but at the end of the day, we should recognise that the civilian population was not treated as just like a regular municipality in that part of libya, it was marginalised and despised and mistreated already so we have to be very alert when it comes to how the survivors are going to be treated. if we look at the divisions in the country at the moment and just take one example, a lot of the aid is coming to benghazi airport, who controls that airport at the moment? 0bviously, all of eastern libya especially when it comes to airports and authorisation of access and landing and all these things, maintaining communications, truly the family of ali akbar and his sons and his entourage. —— khalifa. those

individuals are responsible for a lot of those aspects that i just mentioned and they are more powerful than their own government. there is a government, the prime minister, completely aligned with haftar but at the end of the day of the people who make the calls, call the shots, are the haftar family. who make the calls, call the shots, are the haftarfamily. all the airports are controlled by that family and your right to mention the fact that landing in them is not particularly useful because it is still very far away, benghazi, from derna. ., ~' , . still very far away, benghazi, from derna. ., ,, , . ., derna. thank you very much for “oininr derna. thank you very much for joining us _ derna. thank you very much for joining us with _ derna. thank you very much for joining us with that _ derna. thank you very much for joining us with that analysis - joining us with that analysis particularly looking ahead to what cities like derna face. stay with us, we will keep you up—to—date with all the events and developments we get from libya. in a moment we will bring you the latest on the other tragedy facing north africa, these

are pictures of the earthquake in morocco. search and rescue efforts continue there, they are struggling to get aid into some of the mountainous areas and that's partly because they are still feeling the aftershocks in morocco. we will go live to marrakesh. let's take a look at some of the other stories making the news here in the uk. john lewis has said its plan to return to profit will take two years longer after it reported further losses for the first half of the year. the high street giant, which also owns waitrose, said rising business costs and larger than expected investment requirements meant that its recovery plan would not be finished until 2028. the department of health have said that steve barclay�*s comments on r4 today are a formal commitment to martha's rule in england, which would give families a statutory right to get a second opinion if they have concerns about care. this follows a campaign by the parents of martha mills, who died at 13 in hospital after developing sepsis.

three metropolitan police officers will face a misconduct hearing over the 2020 strip search of a 15—year—old schoolgirl known as child 0. they face allegations it was inappropriate to carry out the search while the girl was on her period. it's also claimed she was discriminated against because of her race and sex and no appropriate aduu race and sex and no appropriate adult was present. you're live with bbc news. now to morocco, which is still recovering from friday's earthquake. there were moments of panic on wednesday, when an aftershock rattled a village close to the epicentre of last week's quake. there were aftershocks as well in marrakesh this morning. more than 2,900 people are dead and at least 5,330 are injured, according to the latest official figures. the country has accepted aid from four countries — the united kingdom, qatar, spain and the united arab emirates, but resources from several other

countries and the united nations remain on standby. live now to our bbc report in marrakesh. did you experience the aftershock this morning? hello, lu . aftershock this morning? hello, lucy- yes. _ aftershock this morning? hello, lucy. yes, there _ aftershock this morning? hello, lucy. yes, there was _ aftershock this morning? hello, lucy. yes, there was a - aftershock this morning? hello, lucy. yes, there was a tremor. aftershock this morning? hello, | lucy. yes, there was a tremor of aftershock this morning? hello, - lucy. yes, there was a tremor of 4.6 magnitude this morning, so aftershocks are still going and they are continuing. the tremor was felt mainly in areas, the worst hit areas by friday's earthquake in the provinces of al—haouz and taroudant. and actually in agadir they felt it as well. the aftershocks are quite scary for some people for so i've been speaking to some locals about their fares and whether they are

actually scared of these aftershocks are many of them have told me that every time they feel and aftershock, they feel that there is another earthquake coming in and it reminds them of the main quake that hit the country on friday. the people who are affected and most other people who are in the remote villages in the mountainous areas because aftershocks leave them with few options, eitherto aftershocks leave them with few options, either to stay the night in an already damaged building orjust go out and decide to sleep in the open, and they are actually fearing of the fact that if they stay the night in the open, the already damaged buildings could just crash and to so these are the most affected, the ones who are up high in the atlas mountains. i’ge affected, the ones who are up high in the atlas mountains.— in the atlas mountains. i've also seen reports _ in the atlas mountains. i've also seen reports that _ in the atlas mountains. i've also seen reports that the _ in the atlas mountains. i've also | seen reports that the aftershocks have caused more debris to come onto the road, some of the roads to collapse in fact, are they also

hampering aid efforts?- collapse in fact, are they also hampering aid efforts? yes, they are. but hampering aid efforts? yes, they are- itut the _ hampering aid efforts? yes, they are. but the government - hampering aid efforts? yes, they are. but the government insists i are. but the government insists there are efforts under way to clear there are efforts under way to clear the rocks from the blocked roads, especially the roads that lead to the most remote areas up high in the mountains, where aid is very hard to reach the most needed. so a lot of people say that they started receiving aid but a lot of them also say they haven't received anything at all, especially tents. we are in autumn here in morocco, and in the night the temperatures are dropping rapidly and up high in the mountains, the high winds actually can make it very chilly for the elderly and the most vulnerable. thank you very much for the update from marrakesh. we will keep you across developments in libya and morocco throughout the day. some breaking news from moscow. we have

had it confirmed from the kremlin that president putin has accepted an invitation to visit pyongyang. it came from kim jong—un following his trip to russia on wednesday. a highly scrutinised visit of course, but after the meeting mr putin did hint at a possible military cooperation between the two countries. he also promised to help north korea with its space programme. 0n north korea with its space programme. on thursday south korea and japan expressed concern about the prospect of closer military ties between the nations. they are both subject to global sanctions. now we haveit subject to global sanctions. now we have it confirmed from the kremlin that president putin will indeed be travelling to pyongyang. the father, step—mother and uncle of sara sharif will face questioning today after being arrested on their return to the uk last night. the three adults went to pakistan the day before the ten year old's body was found in woking last month. they returned voluntarily. our home affairs correspondent daniel sandford has the latest. touching down at gatwick airport

last night, 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 air bridge window being led off the plane by police in handcuffs. and three separate vans drove them away after all three had been arrested on suspicion of murder. their travel booking showed that they changed planes in dubai and they flew 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 may know about her death. two men, aged 41 years and 28 years, and a woman, aged 29 years, were 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 that it was unclear which injury had caused her death. she was found at the family home in woking, where she lived with herfather, stepmother and uncle, and herfive siblings. it brings to an end an extensive search by police in the districts around the pakistani city othelum, 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 eighth 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 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 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 that they were willing to cooperate with the uk authorities. on monday, pakistani police found sara's five siblings at their grandfather's house in jhelum. the pakistani authorities are now looking after them. police said sara sharif�*s mother, 0lga sharif, had been told about yesterday's arrests and was being supported by specialist officers. daniel sandford, bbc news. we will be back soon live from marrakesh. hello. some big weather contrasts across the uk today. first of all, let me just break that down to what it means, because across the central swathe of england and wales, this is where we're likely to see cloud and rain at times. but either side of it, there will be a bit of sunshine.

windy across the far north, warm towards the far south. now, so far today, you can see what's been happening. we've got a swirl of cloud and low pressure to the north of scotland. that's what's bringing the strong winds, and it's this cloud here which stretches across parts of northern england, the midlands, wales, which has already brought some rain on and off, will continue to do so through the day. quite misty over the hills. either side of it, though, there's sunny spells. a few showers pushing through quite smartly on the breeze for scotland, northern ireland, maybe also cumbria and the isle of man. a dry, sunny day towards the south coast and across the channel islands where it'll feel a touch warmer than yesterday. now, as we go through into the evening and overnight, humidity levels will start to creep up a bit more across the south and push their way northwards. with it, the cloud and rain, which will get heavier through the night, will spread from wales, the midlands into northern england and then southeast scotland and the southeast of northern ireland as well as the isle of man. to the north of that, across the far north of scotland, a fresh night, not quite as fresh as last night towards the southeast corner with those humidity levels creeping up a little bit. but it will be a slightly more humid day and a lot more sunshine around for much of england and wales tomorrow, particularly

through wales, the midlands after today's cloud and rain. but southern scotland, northern ireland, cloudy, a wetter day and a fairly cool day. but notice these contrasts tomorrow. 0nly around 13 degrees in glasgow, creeping up to around 25 celsius in london as those temperatures rise yet again. they'll rise a bit further this weekend. area of low pressure across iberia, pretty stormy weekend here, will eventually bring more in the way of potential thunderstorms our way this weekend. but as it gets closer, you'll notice we've got humid air starting to push more widely across the country. so here's saturday first of all, a sunny day for parts of scotland and the west of northern ireland where not quite as humid. to the south of this cloud, which is still producing some showers across northern england, around the irish sea, most will have a dry day and a pretty warm one to the south east corner. a few thundery showers that are developing towards the southwest. they'll develop more widely as we go through southwest england and wales into the afternoon and a few more breaking out elsewhere. a lot more cloud compared with saturday, though, on sunday. but even though temperatures are down a bit, it will be a bit of a stifling day,

especially where the sunshine comes out as things start to turn that bit more humid. but next weekend, it's fresher again.

this is bbc news. the headlines... the un says most of the deaths from the libya floods could have been avoided if the country had issued warnings.

fresh aftershocks rattle morocco, while further aid is on standby to enter the earthquake—ravaged nation. and the number of payments made using cash has risen for the first time in a decade — but plastic still reigns supreme. the head of the un's world meteorological organisation says most of the deaths from the libya floods could have been avoided. there are fears that the number of people who've died in the catastrophic floods in libya, could reach as many as 20,000. a tsunami—like river of floodwater swept through the port—city of derna on sunday after two dams burst. the un says warnings should have been issued and if they were, people could have been evacuated. joe inwood has this report. derna is a city overwhelmed. first by water. then, by the scale of

the humanitarian catastrophe the flooding has caused.