further aid is on standby to enter the country. and the bbc has learned a russian fighter pilot last year tried to shoot down an raf aircraft carrying dozens of military personnel. welcome to bbc news now, three hours of fast moving news, interviews and reaction. we start with the aftermath of the disastrous floods in libya. the united nations says most of the thousands of deaths could have been avoided if warnings had been issued, leading to evacuations. these are some of the latest pictures from one of the worst hit cities — derna in the east of the country. it's extremely hard to get an accurate number of people who died there. we are hearing different things from different parts of the country. but the mayor of the port city estimates that it is as many

as 20,000. the head of the un's world meteorological organization has criticised the warning systems that were in place. here's what petteri taalas told journalists a short time ago. if it had been a normally operating meteorological service they would have been warnings and also the emergency management would have carried out the evacuation of the people and they could have avoided most of the human casualties. and of course we cannot fully avoid losses but we could have avoided some by having proper services in place. sadly, as we've seen, large areas of derna were destroyed when two dams burst on sunday releasing that huge tsumani like surge of water. this drone video shows entire neighbourhoods under water. the images give a small sense of how those houses

and buildings were swept away in the torrents of water that rushed through the city. locals told the bbc they didn't know the full extent of the danger that storm daniel posed. and now if i show you this, from another drone over the city, you can see the utter devastation the water caused. these are taken from a little higher than the other video we've been showing you, but you can still see whole areas left flattened. it's estimated that more than a million tonnes of water was released at once. anas el gomati, a director at independent libya thinktank, the sadeq instititute, says it's hard to take in the sheer scale of the flooding.

i think wejust i think we just have to try to get to comprehend the sheer magnitude of the force of what happened. this was no ordinary flood as the images are showing. the magnitude of the force of the millions of cubic metres, gushing out from that damn, the same force, maybe from the early estimates, higherthan force, maybe from the early estimates, higher than the force of the bomb that hit nagasaki in the second world war, and that is why it looks like a atomic bomb has gone off in the city and that is why it is ravaged. so much of the infrastructure, it has taken homes and apartment buildings away, and this helps the world to the effort that now needs to go into rebuilding the country and recover those who are still missing because they have been left to live amongst the elements, evenly displaced, 40,000, it could be up to half the population of, they are now facing the elements. this is going to be a magnitude we still don't understand

because the effect is still trickling down. sunday's powerful floods caused multi storey buildings many with people sleeping inside to be swept into the sea. these pictures are very poignant. families looking for missing relatives are heading to the seafront to find them. many are not expecting to learn their family members are alive. but they are there because bodies have been washing ashore, brought in on the tide. an official from the tobruk based eastern libyan government says the sea is "constantly dumping dozens of bodies". you can see across derna the grim reality of all the deaths with body bags lined up in streets. the red cross says it will provide 6,000 more body bags to assist the authorities. this is a very sad moment. this is the moment one father found the body of his son. he calls out "god give me patience, my heart is with you".

rescue teams from around the world are arriving, egypt, tunisia, italy and spain and turkey amongst them. the initial response from libya itself, of course. these vehicles are loaded up with aid coming from all over the country and locals are in desperate need to get any supplies they can stop aid workers have taken to baking bread and handing it out because there is a desperate need for fresh food in derna. and basic need is clothing and a lot was washed away or damaged and a lot was washed away or damaged and libyan red crescent is distributing garments to those in need. libya has been plagued by years of political crises since colonel gaddafi was overthrown in 2011. ross atkins has been looking at how this has complicated the effects of the floods. 0n on sunday night in libya a couple of dams were overwhelmed and the floods

surged through the city of and thousands of people have died and what we don't yet know is why the dams failed, the impact of the disaster is complicated by the political situation in libya. the country has — political situation in libya. the country has been _ political situation in libya. the country has been plunging from conflict — country has been plunging from conflict to conflict and suffering from _ conflict to conflict and suffering from a — conflict to conflict and suffering from a lack of governance so it is a tragedy— from a lack of governance so it is a tragedy that— from a lack of governance so it is a tragedy that has been in the making for a number tragedy that has been in the making fora number of tragedy that has been in the making for a number of years. this goes fora number of years. this goes back_ for a number of years. this goes back to — for a number of years. this goes back to the _ for a number of years. this goes back to the decades that colonel gaddafi — back to the decades that colonel gaddafi ruled libya and back to the decades that colonel gaddafi ruled libya— back to the decades that colonel gaddafi ruled libya and also to what followed. gaddafi ruled libya and also to what followed- in — gaddafi ruled libya and also to what followed. in 2011 _ gaddafi ruled libya and also to what followed. in 2011 the _ gaddafi ruled libya and also to what followed. in 2011 the arab _ gaddafi ruled libya and also to what followed. in 2011 the arab uprising l followed. in 2011 the arab uprising that began in tunisia it spread to neighbouring libya. the west led by the uk and france intervened in the conflict it to support colonel gaddafi's opponents, later that year colonel gaddafi would be ousted and killed. but stability did not follow it. over 42 years this country has been ruled by an iron fist by the colonel gaddafi regime, it was a vile regime, which did not leave in place any institutions. instead

there were factions competing for oil, and there were two separate governments, and the fighting has stopped but libya remains divided. in the north—east you can see derna whether floods hit and in the north—east you can see derna whetherfloods hit and it in the north—east you can see derna whether floods hit and it is in the north—east you can see derna whetherfloods hit and it is in in the north—east you can see derna whether floods hit and it is in the area marked in red which is controlled by one government. the area in orange is controlled by another. having two competing governments creates a range of issues. infrastructure has not been a priority, either building new infrastructure or a priority, either building new infrastructur— infrastructure or repairing old infrastructure _ infrastructure or repairing old infrastructure including - infrastructure or repairing old | infrastructure including dams, infrastructure or repairing old - infrastructure including dams, roads and electricity grid. gne infrastructure including dams, roads and electricity grid.— and electricity grid. one minister said the dam _ and electricity grid. one minister said the dam that _ and electricity grid. one minister said the dam that collapse - and electricity grid. one minister said the dam that collapse has i and electricity grid. one minister. said the dam that collapse has not been maintained for a while. although we don't know if poor maintenance was a factor in the collapse, but more broadly the years of instability do have consequences. the hidden costs of these dynamics of public—

the hidden costs of these dynamics of public money being taken away from _ of public money being taken away from infrastructure, from a lack of investment, — from infrastructure, from a lack of investment, are really making things very difficult for libyans. that investment, are really making things very difficult for libyans._ very difficult for libyans. that is the case. _ very difficult for libyans. that is the case, more _ very difficult for libyans. that is the case, more so _ very difficult for libyans. that is the case, more so than - very difficult for libyans. that is the case, more so than ever- very difficult for libyans. that is the case, more so than ever as| very difficult for libyans. that is - the case, more so than ever as derna begins its long recovery from this tragedy. begins its long recovery from this traced . , ., now to morocco, which is still recovering from friday's earthquake. friday's earthquake. there were moments of panic on wednesday, when an aftershock hit a village close to the epicenter of last week's quake. and there were aftershocks again this morning in marrakesh. 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.

we can now speak to our reporter in marrakesh. did you feel the aftershock this morning? we marrakesh. did you feel the aftershock this morning? we did. it was a li . ht aftershock this morning? we did. it was a light tremor _ aftershock this morning? we did. it was a light tremor but _ aftershock this morning? we did. it was a light tremor but others - aftershock this morning? we did. it was a light tremor but others have | was a light tremor but others have felt this before and also additional aftershocks and even this morning there have been multiple throughout there have been multiple throughout the day and yesterday there was a significant one. there were deaths, with people already trapped in buildings, and the aftershock seems to have been a significant one. the aftershocks — to have been a significant one. the aftershocks are also complicating the aid effort?— the aid effort? definitely. the hillside narrow _ the aid effort? definitely. the hillside narrow roads - the aid effort? definitely. the hillside narrow roads which i the aid effort? definitely. the| hillside narrow roads which are curving their way to the atlas mountains, the area most impacted, they have been further narrowed by they have been further narrowed by the earthquakes and people are scared to travel down the roads, to try and get to those further in need in the villages. landslides, loose rock, is a possibility of falling down, and people are also worried about being in their home in the

marrakesh area, people are still sleeping outside, so efforts to get into the villages which have been badly hit are very difficult but when they get there, getting basic supplies is the next step in the next difficulty, adding to the challenge of providing aid. i have soken to challenge of providing aid. i have spoken to people _ challenge of providing aid. i have spoken to people today - challenge of providing aid. i have spoken to people today who - challenge of providing aid. i have| spoken to people today who have visited some of these remote villages, and they say people do not want to leave because this is their home. they are unwilling to go to somewhere that is more safe and they want to stay with their homes and with what is left of their lives. how challenging is it to set up safe places for them to provide shelter and food and the things they need? really difficult. people do not want to leave their home because this is their land and people in rural communities have been telling me... inaudible

people are not straying too far from their homes and possessions, but there is nowhere else to go. sometimes these remote villages, it takes so long to get into them, the road further down the track is equally blocked and there is a lot of effort just to clear the equally blocked and there is a lot of effortjust to clear the roads, making aid more available to people, but when you get there there is a limitation and a shortage of tents. they have got food and water but they are needing tents, especially as winter is fast approaching. the peaks of the mountains are beautiful in the summer but in the winter, temperatures dips below freezing and people are very mindful of that. yes, we need to continue the rescue efforts but also look forward only a matter of weeks now until the winter really comes into full effect. and people are really concerned about that. , . , people are really concerned about that. , ., , ., . ., people are really concerned about that. , ., . ., . that. yes, that is a clear concern. thanks for _ that. yes, that is a clear concern. thanks forjoining _ that. yes, that is a clear concern. thanks forjoining us. _ that. yes, that is a clear concern. thanks forjoining us. now - that. yes, that is a clear concern. thanks forjoining us. now two i thanks forjoining us. now two pitches we are getting from the

european central bank. breaking news from the ecb, they are raising interest rates to an all—time high. christine lagarde are talking about how this is needed to cool consumer prices. the central bank is representing the 20 countries that use the euro and the deposit rate has been lifted from 3.7 5% up to 4% which is as i mentioned an all—time high. markets were expecting the move to be the last, though, and what they think will happen now is that we will see a lengthy pause followed by rate cuts in the second half of the year. a lot to talk about when it comes to these moves by the ecb and we will have more on this in the business in 15 minutes. the kremlin has confirmed that vladimir putin has accepted the invitation to visit pyongyang. the north korean leader

kimjohn ewan invited vladimir putin during the meeting earlier this week —— kimjong—un. vladimir putin promised to help north korea with its space programme. 0ther promised to help north korea with its space programme. other countries have voiced concerns about closer military ties between the countries which are both the subject of global sanctions. around the world and across the uk, this is bbc news. now to some of the other stories we are closely watching in the uk. greater manchester police have become the latest force to fall victim to a serious data breach. a company making warrant cards was targeted in a cyber attack with the names and photos of officers compromised. police chiefs say they're aware of the hack and an investigation has already begun.

john lewis says its plan to return to profit will take two years longer than expected 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. england's only nhs helpline for coming off antidepressants is to close, after the health service withdrew funding. it was in march when nhs england said that local health services should support people struggling to come off these drugs. you are live with bbc news. the bbc has learned that, last year, a russian fighter pilot attempted to shoot down a british surveillance aircraft carrying dozens of military personnel. the russian su 27 jets

were similar to these ones here. the kremlin blamed the incident which happened over the black sea on a "technical malfunction". he is our defence correspondent. the official he is our defence correspondent. tue: official explanation he is our defence correspondent. tte: official explanation from he is our defence correspondent. t"t2 official explanation from the russians was a technical malfunction and that was indeed what officially the ministry of defence in the uk accepted from the russians. actually what i have learnt is that two fighterjets were sent to intercept this raf spy plane that can suck up communications and has a crew of up to 30 and could have listened into the communications that could potentially have led to their deaths. 0ne potentially have led to their deaths. one of the pilots of the russian jets thought he had been given permission to open fire, he launched an airto given permission to open fire, he launched an air to air missile but he did not get a lock on the british spy he did not get a lock on the british spy plane and it missed. there was then a row between the pilots and then a row between the pilots and the second pilot did not think they had been given permission to fire and there was this, including swearwords, a row between the two of

them, and then the first pilot, the rogue pilot, if you like, released a second missile which fell off the wing of the aircraft and did nothing. the explanation from the russians was that it was a technical malfunction from the uk and they accepted that, they did call it potentially dangerous, as well. the us, there are leaked documents from the us intelligence officials, they thought it was a near shoot down and very very scary in the words of a us defence official. we have not been told the whole story here and there might be a number of reasons, does the uk want to give russia all its details about how it gathers intelligence? the more important point is that no one wanted an escalation because this is the kind of mishap and miscalculation that could cause a wider conflict. t5 could cause a wider conflict. is this the first time that we have seen a russian pilot target a nato

aircraft in international airspace? it isn't. you probably remember earlier this year there was the same type of russian fighter that brought down a us remotely piloted drone that was flying in the same vicinity in the black sea doing surveillance. the stakes were not as high and that was not a manned aircraft and nobody was not a manned aircraft and nobody was killed in that incident and there was not a danger of anybody being killed but it does show what the west calls the unprofessionalism and the recklessness of russian aircrews and remember, this is not something that isjust aircrews and remember, this is not something that is just happening over the black sea, we have seen similar incidents over syria with us aircraft being buzzed by russian jets and making complaints about their professionalism. the worrying thing about this incident is given the war in ukraine and the british

spy the war in ukraine and the british spy plane was there to suck up russian intelligence, and was patrolling the area since the russian invasion of ukraine, that it could have brought russia into direct conflict with a nato member if it had actually shot down the plane, but thankfully that did not happen. it is worth pointing out that yes, the aria, one of the few countries that does these minor surveillance missions over the black sea —— the raf. but now they are escorted after this incident. the family of a colombian man who's believed to have taken his own life at a heathrow immigration removal centre this year, has told bbc news he had begged for help and was willing to leave the uk. frank 0spina, who was 39, died within a month of being locked up even though, according

to his family, he had no existing mental health problems. here's our home affairs correspondent tom symonds. he was a civil engineer, a professional.— he was a civil engineer, a professional. the sister and brother-in-law _ professional. the sister and brother-in-law of _ professional. the sister and brother-in-law of frank - professional. the sister and brother-in-law of frank are | brother—in—law of frank are bewildered by his death in a british immigration detention centre. but they are sure he was not an asylum seeker. translation: he said - he could pay his ticket out, but they said he would have stayed there for months. they say he'd come to the uk from colombia to visit his mother before studying in spain, but he was caught working illegally and sent to the detention centres at heathrow where his family say his mental health rapidly went downhill. translation: he didn't ask for help - _ he begged for help, and he was begging for help, not only to us, but also to the people there, like the guards. on march 26th he was found dead. his family have been told he took his own life. they believe a critical

factor was being detained. immigration removal centres are where the government holds people it expects to deport. the government has toughened the law. 0ne change — it'll be removing more migrants who use deception to come to the uk, small boats for example. it says these centres are essential to that policy, so they will be filling up. six years ago... whispers: callum tulley, 21 years old. _ i work in an immigration removal centre. ..secret bbc filming of brutal treatment by detention officers at gatwick. are you going to stop being an idiot?! yes or no?! a public inquiry reports next week, highly significant because six years on, doctors who examine detainees are warning the way they are treated is making poor mental health worse. in detention, the first recourse is often to increase custodial processes. so, put them in a cell? put them in a cell, with someone watching them,

or frequent intrusive checks, which are not by a health professional, they are by a custodial member of staff. in the last year, medicaljustice assessed 66 detainees in six centres, including this one at harmondsworth. 13 had attempted suicide and one factor stood out — the lack of a release date. that kind of sudden nature of detention and the indefinite nature of detention can really be a crisis in their mental health and really can cause a great deal of stress and exacerbation of any current mental health problems. this man who has been in the system said the system is getting tougher. last year he was identified to be sent to rwanda. translation: i haven't done any crime, i didn't murdered anyone, | i didn't rape anyone or assault anyone. i don't know why i was treated this way. great britain is supposed to be the greatest country in the world. the home office said its policy is to detain for the shortest period necessary with risk assessments

when detainees arrive and systems for raising subsequent concerns. it said... but the family of frank 0spina believe that if the government is locking up someone who wants to leave britain, something may have gone wrong. tom symonds, bbc news, harmondsworth. the british government has updated its response to china. a parliamentary researcher was one of two people arrested in march of this year under the official secrets act amid claims of spying for china. the researcher whom the bbc is not naming, denied the claims. rishi sunak has said it is an absolute priority for the british government to protect the uk from a foreign state interference including from beijing. uk opposition leader sir keir starmer says a future

labour government would end the use of hotels for asylum seekers within12 months of coming to office. speaking while visiting europol in the hague, sir keir denied the talks with the eu institution meant he was reversing his position on brexit and rejected conservative claims that the uk would be forced to accept thousands more asylum seekers as part of any eu agreement. he told the bbc�*s mark easton how his government would end the use of hotels for asylum seekers. the way to do that is to process the claims more quickly and the government has completely lost control of this and the cast now to the taxpayer, year on year, the hotel accommodation, the taxpayer, year on year, the hotelaccommodation, is the taxpayer, year on year, the hotel accommodation, is £2 billion —— the cost. what i would do is use a small amount of that money to recruit more caseworkers, to get the cases through and to make sure that within a reasonably short period of time, let's say 12 months from when this operation, that we would clear out all of those who are currently in hotel accommodation. responding to keir starmer's _

in hotel accommodation. responding to keir starmer's comments, - in hotel accommodation. responding to keir starmer's comments, the - to keir starmer's comments, the prime minister was critical of labour's record on the issue. keir starmer spent — labour's record on the issue. keir starmer spent this _ labour's record on the issue. tf;2 " starmer spent this year voting against our stop the boats built, the toughest legislation any government has passed to tackle illegal immigration and he spent most of last year voting against a previous bill which has led to almost 700 arrests related to organised immigration crime so i do not think it is credible that he really wants to grip this problem and his plans today seem to amount to saying that we might one day accept hundred thousand eu migrants every year. that does not seem like a credible plan to me to stop the boats and meanwhile we are getting on and delivering, for the first time ever this year, the number of small boat arrivals is down by almost a fifth and the number of illegal migrants crossing from albania is down by 19% and we have got a plan and the plan is delivering and i'm determined to stop the boats. a picasso painting set to be auctioned in november by sotheby�*s could sell for $120 million.

the femme a la montre portrait was painted by picasso in 1932 of his 17 year old lover marie therese walter. at the time, he was still married to dancer 0lga khoklova. in 2015, picasso's women of algiers sold at christie's in new york for a record $179 million. but sotheby�*s estimates �*femme a la montre' could have the potential to exceed that value. it is the third day we have seen these incredible pictures of the volcano on hawaii. according to experts it is not posing any threat to communities. although volcanic particles and gas can sometimes create breathing problems. hello. we've got quite a mixture of weather to take you through the rest of this afternoon and for scotland and northern ireland it stays quite windy, sunny spells and a few passing showers. the south of england, in contrast,

will be dry with some sunshine and between, for wales and the midlands into parts of lincolnshire, we've got this weather front bringing outbreaks of rain and the front trails all the way out into the atlantic to a developing area of low pressure that is then set to strengthen and move towards spain and portugal, bringing some severe storms there. at the same time, it will flick some warm air across england and wales for tomorrow and will also control how much rain that we see into the week and beyond. back to today's weather, though. this weather front stretching across wales, the midlands, lincolnshire. it will turn the rain a bit heavier as we go on through the afternoon, potentially getting across north wales into north west england. sunny spells and showers for scotland and northern ireland, south of england, parts of east anglia, warm sunshine, perhaps feeling a little on the humid side as well. now as that low pressure starts to develop overnight and works towards portugal, we start to get some milder air moving in across england and wales. so temperatures about 11 to 14 degrees. but at the same time, we'll see the rain band extend

across northern england, reaching further northwards into parts of northern ireland and southern scotland. that process continues. on friday the rain could be quite heavy at times as well. to the south of that it's largely dry and sunny. but this weather front also separates what will be relatively cool air across the north of the uk, with temperatures about 13 to 15 degrees from the increasingly warm air that we'll have across england and wales, 22 to 25 degrees celsius with a rather humid feel to the weather as well. into the weekend, that low pressure will start to throw a few showers in across southern areas of england, perhaps into parts of wales too. a few of the showers could be heavy and thundery. start off with some damp weather across scotland and northern england — that should ease through the day and the weather will turn brighter and drier through the day across scotland and northern ireland. temperatures there still a little bit below par, 14 to 16 degrees, potentially pretty warm across the southeast — 26c. by sunday we're looking at showers and thunderstorms probably merging together to give some longer spells of heavy rain. the question is just how

far north that gets. it could even reach as far north as parts of scotland through sunday. so we'll keep a close eye on that. could be heavy enough to cause a few issues as well.

europe raises its cost of borrowing for the tenth time in a row,

hitting a record high of 4%. and arm flexes its muscle with a blockbuster stock market debut for the uk chip designer in new york. welcome to world business report. the european central bank has just made its latest move in the battle to tame rising prices, raising the cost of borrowing for the tenth time in a row, pushing the basic rate of interest up by a quarter of a percent to 4%. that's the highest since the launch of the euro over 20 years ago. and it's worth putting into context that as recently as last year, eurozone interest rates were negative. the reason is that inflation is proving harder than expected to control. for the 20 countries using the euro, inflation was 5.3% in august — that's half the 10.6% that it was a year ago.