friday's earthquake. more aid is on standby to enter the country. the number of people waiting to start routine hospital treatment in england reaches a record high in the prime minister concedes his waiting list target is in doubt. hello, i'm lewis vaughanjones, welcome to the daily global where we'll bring you the top stories from around the world. we stories from around the world. will start in the us, news we will start in the us, breaking news that hunter biden, the son of presidentjoe biden was indicted today on three criminal counts relating to his possession of a firearm. the charges were filed in us court in delaware, a deal that

would have seen hunter biden given probation in return for guilty pleas on separate charges collapsed back in july. on separate charges collapsed back injuly. let's go live to our correspondent in washington. what do we know? , . . , , we know? these are incredibly serious charges, _ we know? these are incredibly serious charges, jail _ we know? these are incredibly serious charges, jail terms - serious charges, jail terms potentially up to 25 years, quite unlikely that will be something that will be reflected in reality but the soul relates to a period of time on the 18th of october back in 2018 and the 18th of october back in 2018 and the 23rd of october stop the reason we have the date range is the first two accounts relate what the prosecution say it was hunter biden making false statements that he knew to be false, they allege that he said he was not biggest of narcotics or addicted to drugs at a time he filled out an official form that said he was. the other charge relates to possessing that firearm, it was shipped through interstate delivery and he physically had

possession again, somebody who was addicted, they allege and claim to drugs and narcotics at that time. this is one headache that hunter biden, the son of us presidentjoe biden, the son of us presidentjoe biden, had hoped would have gone away, as you refer to back on the 26th ofjuly, the case in court collapsed, a plea deal that would have seen hunter biden admitting to two tax cheating charges, not paying tax essentially on $1.5 million of income in 2017 and 18. when he was asked about the plea deal in court, this is quite a standard thing if someone wants to take a plea deal, thejudge has to someone wants to take a plea deal, the judge has to check they are not under the influence, they have to check they are knowingly entering into this and what they understand the terms to be but one of the key stumbling blocks was that hunter biden and �*s legal team said he would not have been pleading guilty to the tax cheat charges if it was not for the fact he was promised a

deal by prosecutors that eventually the firearms charge would be dismissed, not completely and totally but he would escape a felony conviction because of would enter what the us court system because a diversion agreement when essentially he would admit the charge, go under various terms of whether that be probation or counselling services, whatever the court decides in that case would eventually be dismissed but the problem in the tax cheating case was this, they were unrelated cases. it wasn't a question that judge was being asked to send based upon the diversion agreement i have just set out, she was being asked to deal with him on the tax cheating charges only. after that case collapsed there was a period of negotiation between the lawyers for hunter biden and the prosecution, the chief prosecutor, who signed this indictment, it has been endorsed by the group of citizens called a grand jury and now hunter biden will be facing these very

serious charges at the court in delaware. serious charges at the court in delaware-— serious charges at the court in delaware. ., ~ . ., delaware. thank you so much for brinuain delaware. thank you so much for bringing us _ delaware. thank you so much for bringing us that _ delaware. thank you so much for bringing us that breaking - delaware. thank you so much for bringing us that breaking news i delaware. thank you so much for. bringing us that breaking news out of the us. if you are just bringing us that breaking news out of the us. if you arejustjoining us that news is that the son of presidentjoe biden, hunter biden, has been indicted on thursday with three federal firearms —related charges. we will keep an eye on that. also some breaking news concerning iran, coming infrom that. also some breaking news concerning iran, coming in from our diplomatic correspondent james landale. britain, france and germany have announced they will reimpose sanctions on iran next month. this is all an attempt to deter the country from selling drones and missiles to russia. now the united nations sanctions are due to expire in october under the terms of an international agreement. that is to curb the nuclear programme in iran but the three european countries have now decided to transfer the

sanctions into their own domestic law because of the failure by iran to abide by the terms of the deal so thatis to abide by the terms of the deal so that is britain, france and germany announcing they will reimpose sanctions on iran. next, we go to libya and get the latest on the flooding. there are claims that if the appropriate warnings on the weather had gone out and evacuations had happened, potentially lives could have been saved. that claim from the united nations world meteorological organisation. more on that in a moment but take a look at these drawing pictures, this is derna and the mayor there made two statements today, one that potentially up to 20,000 people could have been killed and secondly, saying that teams are needed who are specialist in recovering dead

bodies. let's take you to some of the pictures on the ground and get a sense of the damage and destruction, remember that two dams broken that lead in some places to a wall of water three metres deep and that is some of the devastation as a result. here's our correspondent quentin sommerville. in the dead of night they seek sanctuary from rising floodwaters. this woman with her three sisters and younger brother flee to the seventh floor of their apartment block in derna. the rising torrent is creeping up the stairs of their building. her sister films the panic. outside buildings around them collapse. they thought this would be their last moments alive. it almost was but this is their

building now, still standing. the family survived. she recounted to us by phone the nightmare they endured. the men of our building, our neighbours, they were screaming and yelling, they told us we have to get on the roof because the water started getting higher and higher. as we were on the roof we were able to see other people in other buildings�* roofs and they were waving phones and flashlights, and then suddenly the building collapsed. and at that moment we realise that actually we might die. a wall of water as high as seven metres thundered through derna, crushing and obliterating much in its path. some 1 million tonnes of it came crashing down on the city after two mountain dams failed. everywhere there are bodies. the isolated port city has been overwhelmed by grief. and for days they have been left

to pick up the pieces alone. now turkish emergency teams are among the first to arrive in derna. we set up search and rescue teams, we have treated trauma patients continuously here throughout the day. this libyan catastrophe has deep roots. after the nato—backed ousting of muammar gaddafi in 2011, the country fell into chaos. promises of western help to rebuild vanished. it has two rival governments, one in the east and one in the west of the country. a pair of failed states. neglect is widespread. this is one of the dams that failed. amid libya's political chaos, warnings it was in urgent need of repairs went unheeded. translation: it was a catastrophe. all of my friends are dead.

one of my friends at the very beginning was filming from the top of the valley. my friend, he was filming. he died. a quarter of the city is now in ruins. a third of its people homeless, and thousands dead. but the true scale of derna's disaster is unfolding still. quentin sommerville, bbc news. live now to libya country director at the world food programme — maysaa alghribawy in benghazi. thank you for coming on the programme. thank you for coming on the programme-— thank you for coming on the rouramme. ., ~ i. ., ., , thank you for coming on the rouramme. ., ~ ., ., , ., programme. thank you to having us on the programme- _ programme. thank you to having us on the programme. please _ programme. thank you to having us on the programme. please talk _ programme. thank you to having us on the programme. please talk to - programme. thank you to having us on the programme. please talk to me - the programme. please talk to me about the priorities, _ the programme. please talk to me about the priorities, what - the programme. please talk to me about the priorities, what your - about the priorities, what your organisation is doing on the ground right now. organisation is doing on the ground riaht now. ., ., right now. right now we are providing — right now. right now we are providing food _ right now. right now we are providing food assistance, l right now. right now we are i providing food assistance, until right now. right now we are - providing food assistance, until now we have provided food assistance for more than 5645 people, we have food

on the ground ready to be dispatched for 25,000 people. unfortunately access is a main problem for us, the hurricane disrupted the local supply chain and destroyed all the markets available on the ground so there is an urgent need to dispatch more food. our main plan is to provide urgently for around 100,000 persons per month and we are really working hard to find innovative ways to reach the beneficiaries especially taking into consideration the problem accessing so many locations. you have different locations, some are still cut off and people being forced to leave their homes if they have been destroyed without the usual markets there. have you any kind of timeframe on what you think you will be working through now in this emergency phase?—

this emergency phase? initially we think we will— this emergency phase? initially we think we will be _ this emergency phase? initially we think we will be in _ this emergency phase? initially we think we will be in the _ this emergency phase? initially we think we will be in the emergencyl think we will be in the emergency phase for three months but honestly, as the situation evolves, and since more information is becoming available, we really think the emergency will take longer, especially most of the areas are destroyed and to go back to the normal life will need relief efforts and also we need first to ensure to have the data and access and then after that we can move hopefully to an early recovery so we still have a long way ahead of us. is it an early recovery so we still have a long way ahead of us.— an early recovery so we still have a long way ahead of us. is it that you have the food _ long way ahead of us. is it that you have the food available, _ long way ahead of us. is it that you have the food available, supplies l have the food available, supplies physically there in the country? it's just getting those last few miles sometimes to the people that need them?— miles sometimes to the people that need them? .. , . ., ., ., need them? exactly. we have the food actually sitting — need them? exactly. we have the food actually sitting in _ need them? exactly. we have the food actually sitting in our— need them? exactly. we have the food actually sitting in our warehouse - need them? exactly. we have the food actually sitting in our warehouse in - actually sitting in our warehouse in benghazi and in coordination with our partner, we are delivering the

food. the only problem is you mentioned is to go the extra mile and now we are looking at other ways instead of the roads, we are looking into seeing the possibility of shipping food by air or distributing food by air or actually utilising even the mediterranean so we are looking forward to having more innovative ways to deliver food. what is your message to authorities in libya, are the things they can do to support you? in libya, are the things they can do to sunport you?— to support you? first, thank you very much _ to support you? first, thank you very much for— to support you? first, thank you very much for allowing - to support you? first, thank you very much for allowing us - to support you? first, thank you very much for allowing us and i to support you? first, thank you - very much for allowing us and giving us the space to have a response. and thank you and we would like to thank them for that and the second thing is help us to have better access to all the locations so we can serve those who are mostly in need. thank ou so those who are mostly in need. thank you so much — those who are mostly in need. thank you so much for— those who are mostly in need. thank you so much for coming _ those who are mostly in need. thank you so much for coming in _ those who are mostly in need. thank you so much for coming in the - you so much for coming in the programme and talking to us. thank

ou ve programme and talking to us. thank you very much _ programme and talking to us. thank you very much and _ programme and talking to us. thank you very much and have _ programme and talking to us. thank you very much and have a _ programme and talking to us. thank you very much and have a good - programme and talking to us. t�*iafia; you very much and have a good day. it's emerged that a russian military pilot tried to shoot down an raf surveillance aircraft which had dozens of british military personnel on board, last september. here's our defence correspondent, jonathan beale. the official explanation from the russians was a technical malfunction and the mod in the uk accepted that but it was much more and what i have learned is to fighterjets were sent to intercept this raf spy plane that can suck at communications, as you say it has a crew of up to 30 and could have listened to the communications that could potentially have led to their deaths. one of the pilots of the russian jets that he had been given permission to open fire, he launched an air to air missile but he did not

geta lock on an air to air missile but he did not get a lock on the british spy plane and it missed. there was then a row between the two pilots, the second pilot did not think they had been given permission to fire and there was this including swear words, row between the two of them and then the first pilot, the rogue pilot, if you like, fired or released a second missile and that simply fell off the wing of the aircraft and did nothing. the explanation from the russians as it was a technical malfunction, from the uk they accepted that, they called it potentially dangerous as well. i think leaked documents from the us intelligence officials show that they thought it was a near in their words shut down and very, very scary and the rights of a us defence official. ., «a and the rights of a us defence official. . ., ., ., ., official. our thanks to jonathan for that. official. our thanks to jonathan for that- going — official. our thanks to jonathan for that- going to _ official. our thanks to jonathan for that. going to morocco _ official. our thanks to jonathan for that. going to morocco now. -

official. our thanks to jonathan fori that. going to morocco now. there have been aftershocks, in the wake of the day earthquake. take a look at this. you can see and imagine the fear, these aftershocks, even though they are clearly not as strong as the earthquake itself, which was last friday, with so much damage done to buildings, they are vulnerable and people there are clearly vulnerable to those aftershocks. there were also aftershocks this morning in marrakesh. the latest number of people killed is 2900 after what happened. bbc arabic�*s ethar shalaby has sent this report from marakesh

this is just this isjust one this is just one of the examples of the destruction witnessed here in marrakesh after the deadly earthquake that struck morocco on friday evening. marrakesh is a tourist city and i am working in a popular tourist attraction, one of the squares and in the morning a lot of people that hm with a magnitude of people that hm with a magnitude of 4.6. the tremor was mainly felt in remote mountainous areas, especially in some of the provinces but a lot of people here whom i have spoken with said they actually felt it so let's speak to some of the local people. they converse.

basically he was telling me they felt the aftershock this morning and what happened is that they started to be prepared more for the aftershocks but he has told me that actually he is feeling a bit concerned about the fact that there might be another earthquake or there is like a trauma that a lot of people actually feel because of the earthquake that struck the city on friday. marrakesh is a very tourist city and i could see around a lot of tourists are still going around, i will try and speak to some of them... hello.— will try and speak to some of them... hello. �* ., ., them... hello. are you on holiday? we are, them... hello. are you on holiday? we are. yes- _ them... hello. are you on holiday? we are, yes. did _ them... hello. are you on holiday? we are, yes. did you _ them... hello. are you on holiday? we are, yes. did you pre-book- them... hello. are you on holiday? | we are, yes. did you pre-book your we are, yes. did you pre—book your holiday, was a plan before the earthquake? irate holiday, was a plan before the earthquake?— holiday, was a plan before the earthquake? holiday, was a plan before the earth.uake? . ., , ., ., ., earthquake? we had planned a holiday a month or two — earthquake? we had planned a holiday a month or two ago _ earthquake? we had planned a holiday a month or two ago and _ earthquake? we had planned a holiday

a month or two ago and gosh, - earthquake? we had planned a holiday a month or two ago and gosh, there'sl a month or two ago and gosh, there's so much _ a month or two ago and gosh, there's so much to— a month or two ago and gosh, there's so much to say. we a month or two ago and gosh, there's so much to say-— so much to say. we saw the earthquake _ so much to say. we saw the earthquake on _ so much to say. we saw the earthquake on the - so much to say. we saw the earthquake on the news - so much to say. we saw the i earthquake on the news and so much to say. we saw the - earthquake on the news and we were worried about coming up above we thought will come anyway be very careful and we will enjoy it and if it's too bad we will move further north still be made very welcome, the people are fantastic, we have stayed the full time. the earthquake did not stop — stayed the full time. the earthquake did not stop you _ stayed the full time. the earthquake did not stop you from _ stayed the full time. the earthquake did not stop you from carrying - stayed the full time. the earthquake did not stop you from carrying on - did not stop you from carrying on with your plans to come to morocco? no, we werejust with your plans to come to morocco? no, we were just more careful. enjoy your holiday, thank you so much. these tourists deciding to carry on with their holiday plans despite the amount of destruction that hit marrakesh. in every single day single street i have walked into i have observed cracks in the buildings and the cracks have reached some historical masks like this. and it is considered one of the oldest masks in the square. i the oldest masks in the square. i the world and across the uk, this is bbc news.

four metropolitan police officers are to face disciplinary proceedings in relation to the strip—search of a 15—year—old schoolgirl known as child o. it's claimed the girl, who had her period at the time of the incident, was discriminated against because of her race and sex. adina campbell has more. this was a case that caused huge public outcry at the time, urgent questions in parliament and huge protest. child o questions in parliament and huge protest. child 0 had been wrongly suspected of carrying cannabis, she was on her period at the time and there was no appropriate adult present when the search to place. her family say she was left traumatised and the metropolitan police did apologise afterwards. in terms of what is happening today, this is a fairly significant development, for the metropolitan police officers are facing disciplinary proceedings and the watchtower, the independent office of police conduct have asked the

metropolitan police to consider sending formal letters of apology to the girl and her mother.— the girl and her mother. thank you for that. a long—awaited study by nasa has concluded there's no reason to believe that aliens are behind hundreds of ufo sightings. good news, ithink! but the american space agency says it can't rule out whether they have an extra—terrestrial origin. the study uses the term uaps, rather than ufos, to refer to unidentified anomalous phenomena. nasa says it wants to end the stigma associated with the topic. here's nasa administrator, bill nelson. at nasa we have taken for the first time concrete action to seriously look into uap. and this independent study team is exactly that. it is

independent. they work to develop recommendations about how nasa could better examine them from a scientific perspective. and the top takeaway from the study is that there is a lot more to learn. the nasa independent study team did not find any evidence that uap have an extra terrestrial origin. but we do not know what these uk pr. live now to brett tingley, editor of space.com. thank you forjoining us. thank you for having me. thank you forjoining us. thank you for having me— thank you forjoining us. thank you for having me. what did you make of this announcement? _ for having me. what did you make of this announcement? nothing - this announcement? nothing unexpected. _ this announcement? nothing unexpected. a _ this announcement? nothing unexpected, a lot _ this announcement? nothing unexpected, a lot of - this announcement? nothing unexpected, a lot of us - this announcement? nothing - unexpected, a lot of us following this topic expected nasa to come out and say we do not know what this is but we want more data, here are some ways we think we can get the data. in your eyes, that is a good thing? it is, it shows the us federal

government and all of its respective agencies such as nasa are taking this topic seriously and will approach it with scientific scrutiny that it deserves. taste approach it with scientific scrutiny that it deserves.— approach it with scientific scrutiny that it deserves. we must talk about the name, that it deserves. we must talk about the name. ufo. _ that it deserves. we must talk about the name, ufo, everyone _ that it deserves. we must talk about the name, ufo, everyone knows - that it deserves. we must talk about i the name, ufo, everyone knows what thatis, the name, ufo, everyone knows what that is, uap, is this going to catch on as the new name? i that is, uap, is this going to catch on as the new name?— on as the new name? i believe so because this _ on as the new name? i believe so because this term _ on as the new name? i believe so because this term now _ on as the new name? i believe so i because this term now encompasses objects that are not only in the air, they might be under water, in space, they might be travelling between all three so it's kind of a more catchall term for a lot of the things we have heard from the us military personnel that they see in their training ranges. limit military personnel that they see in their training ranges.— their training ranges. uap it is for their training ranges. uap it is for the moment. _ their training ranges. uap it is for the moment. i— their training ranges. uap it is for the moment, i may _ their training ranges. uap it is for the moment, i may forget - their training ranges. uap it is for the moment, i may forget and . their training ranges. uap it is for the moment, i may forget and go i their training ranges. uap it is for - the moment, i may forget and go back to ufo, apologies if i do but give us an idea what other kind of things that sa uap and when we learn about what they actually are, what did they end up being?— what they actually are, what did they end up being? most of them end u . they end up being? most of them end u- bein: they end up being? most of them end up being misidentified _ they end up being? most of them end up being misidentified aircraft - they end up being? most of them end up being misidentified aircraft or- up being misidentified aircraft or spacecraft as companies like spacex continue to launch thousands of more

satellites every year, we are seeing lots of these things are unfamiliar to aviators flying in the sky so when they see the splashes of bright light at high altitude they do not quite know what they are. a lot of them also are bound to be small on creed drawings or aerial vehicles and aviators are not used to sharing the skies with small hobby aircraft that can reach 15 or 20,000 feet but some of these cases to prove to be truly anomalous, and unexplained. we have heard a lot of reports from us military aviators of all black metallic spheres flying around being caught by reconnaissance aircraft so while a lot of these can be resolved and explained as conventional things, there are a small percentage that truly remain unidentified however as the nasa report points out... most of the time when these things remain unidentified it is because we have a lack of data. somebody see something quickly zoomed by in the sky and that is all they saw. that is why nasa needs

better data. they saw. that is why nasa needs better data-— they saw. that is why nasa needs better data. , ., , ., , , better data. there is a serious side in terms of — better data. there is a serious side in terms of things _ better data. there is a serious side in terms of things like _ better data. there is a serious side in terms of things like national- in terms of things like national security. if you are flying over your country and you are close to the borders and you want to be able to know what is flying around over your airspace? to know what is flying around over your aimpace?_ your airspace? exactly right. we have heard _ your airspace? exactly right. we have heard nasa _ your airspace? exactly right. we have heard nasa and _ your airspace? exactly right. we have heard nasa and other- your airspace? exactly right. we - have heard nasa and other agencies frame ufo or uap issue in terms of their space safety because again we have heard from several us military aviators who said they had near misses with objects i cannot explain and to go back to the drone issue, there are thousands of them in the skies now and we need a better way to track them and make sure they are where they belong and they will not run into any aircraft. d0 where they belong and they will not run into any aircraft.— run into any aircraft. do you think this step from — run into any aircraft. do you think this step from nasa _ run into any aircraft. do you think this step from nasa and - run into any aircraft. do you think this step from nasa and the - this step from nasa and the announcement, the name change, this is all going to get away from the idea of the little green man alien floating around that people associate with a ufo? i floating around that people associate with a ufo? i hope so, there are still _ associate with a ufo? i hope so, there are still a _ associate with a ufo? i hope so, there are still a lot _ associate with a ufo? i hope so, there are still a lot of— associate with a ufo? i hope so, there are still a lot of that -

associate with a ufo? i hope so, there are still a lot of that out i there are still a lot of that out there. the ufo entertainment complex is still large and active but it's reassuring to see groups like nasa and other scientific agencies finally starting to treat this topic is a serious scientific subject of inquiry. 50 is a serious scientific sub'ect of in . ui . ,, ., , inquiry. so interesting, we appreciate _ inquiry. so interesting, we appreciate your _ inquiry. so interesting, we appreciate your time - inquiry. so interesting, we appreciate your time and l inquiry. so interesting, we - appreciate your time and thank you forjoining us. plenty more on that and the rest of the story is making the news today over on the website and if you are online you can find me on social media. i am lewis vaughanjones and this is bbc news. goodbye. hello there. we've had quite a mixture of weather across the uk today. across the south, dry, sunny, quite warm. northern areas of the uk had a day of sunshine and these passing showers, but between — across wales, the midlands, into lincolnshire — we had a weather front bringing some fairly persistent outbreaks of rain.

now this front is tied to another area of low pressure out in the atlantic that is set to deepen and swing toward iberia, where it's quite likely to lead to some severe thunderstorms over the next few days. for friday, it also flicks warm air across england and wales, but then will bring some heavy rain for some of us into the weekend. so that low to the south is quite important. overnight tonight, outbreaks of rain turning heavier for a time across wales, the midlands, northern england, pushing northwards to reach southern scotland and parts of northern ireland. for most, it's a mild night, but quite cool air across the far north of the country. now, we pick up on our weatherfronts on friday across northern england, northern ireland, southern scotland. through the day, the rain on it will tend to weaken somewhat. we've got sunshine developing to the south across england and wales, but underneath that band of cloud and rain in the north, those temperatures are going to struggle somewhat. highs of 13—15 degrees. in contrast to that, england and wales turning a lot warmer, 21—25 degrees, feeling a little on the humid side.

now, saturday, the same weather front is still with us, draped across parts of northern england, wales, perhaps eastern counties of northern ireland. could be a few patches of light rain here and maybe a few heavy showers in the south through sunday. otherwise, we'll get some spells of sunshine, still warm and humid in the south, with that fresher air still affecting scotland, northern ireland and increasingly the far north of england as well. for sunday, that area of low pressure near iberia starts to bring much heavier rain across parts of the uk. now, we're most likely to see the heavy rain across england and wales. thundery, too, probably heavy enough to cause some localised surface water flooding. and through the day, that will drive northwards, so it's quite likely to reach northern ireland. and there is a small chance of it moving right the way northwards into parts of scotland as well. but the general rule of thumb is the further north you are, the more likely you are to keep the dry weather with a bit of sunshine. into next week, well, it looks very unsettled. a sequence of low pressures coming our way. it's going to be wet and also really quite windy as well.

it's going to feel a bit more like autumn.

this is bbc news. the headlines — growing criticism of the authorities in eastern libya as emergency teams search the ruined of derna after

disastrous floods. us police watchdog investigates body cam video that appears to show an officer laughing over a dead woman. the uk opposition leader is seeking a deal with the eu's law enforcement agency on tackling people smugglers if his party wins power. welcome to the programme. a reminder of our top story this hour — that is libya and the aftermath of the flooding there. there are claims that if warnings about the weather had been communicated more effectively and if evacuations had taken place, thousands of lives could have been saved. that came from the united nations world meteorological organisation. meanwhile, the mayor of derna, one of those places badly hit, says up to 20,000 people may be killed.