hunter biden is indicted on federal gun charges after a plea bargain fell apart injuly. and never too old for a challenge — we speak to the 65—year—old who has cycled across the world for charity. welcome to the programme. the big story continues to develop out of libya where politicians are demanding an official investigation into floods that wiped out parts of the city of derna, after two dams collapsed during a storm at the weekend. the city's mayor says the death toll may reach 20,000. the united nations has also criticised the country's alert system. the head of the world

meteorologicalorganisation says most of the deaths could have been avoided, if residents had been warned and given time to escape. the bbc�*s anna foster is in the libyan city of benghazi. something that becomes very quickly apparent is how big the scale of the task facing libya is right now. benghazi is a small airport and it is far from the hive of activity that you might expect in the wake of a devastating natural disaster like this, because this is a country that's also been ravaged by more than a decade of conflict. you can see the split political allegiances in this country, and all of those things are making it incredibly difficult to get the aid to derna, where it is so desperately needed, where we still don't know how many people have died, but it could be as many as 20,000. and quentin somerville has been speaking to people in derna who witnessed what happened.

her sisterfilms the her sister films the panic and outside buildings collapsed. they thought this would be their last moments alive. it almost was, but this is their building now, still standing. the family survived. murray recounted to us by phone the nightmare they enjoyed. the recounted to us by phone the nightmare they enjoyed. nightmare they en'oyed. the men of our building — nightmare they enjoyed. the men of our building and _ nightmare they enjoyed. the men of our building and neighbours - of our building and neighbours were _ of our building and neighbours were screaming and they told us that we — were screaming and they told us that we had to get on the roof because — that we had to get on the roof because the water started getting higher and higher and as we — getting higher and higher and as we were on the roof we were able _ as we were on the roof we were able to— as we were on the roof we were able to see _ as we were on the roof we were able to see other people in other— able to see other people in other buildings and they were waving — other buildings and they were waving with their foams and the flash—

waving with their foams and the flash on— waving with their foams and the flash on and at that moment we realise — flash on and at that moment we realise that actually we might die. realise that actually we might die a— realise that actually we might die. �* ., ., realise that actually we might die. �* . ., . realise that actually we might die. �* ., ., ., die. a wall of water as high as seven metres _ die. a wall of water as high as seven metres funded - die. a wall of water as high as seven metres funded through | die. a wall of water as high as i seven metres funded through the city crushing and obliterating. some 1 city crushing and obliterating. somei million tonnes city crushing and obliterating. some 1 million tonnes of it came crashing down on the city after the dams failed. four days they have been left to pick up the pieces. and now turkish emergency we assess the situation in the cruise and sent search and rescue teams untreated trauma patients the day. untreated trauma patients the da . , , , . untreated trauma patients the da. , day. this libyan catastrophe has deep — day. this libyan catastrophe has deep roots. _ day. this libyan catastrophe has deep roots. after- day. this libyan catastrophe has deep roots. after the i day. this libyan catastrophe i has deep roots. after the nato backed ousting _ has deep roots. after the nato backed ousting of—

has deep roots. after the nato backed ousting of gaddafi - has deep roots. after the nato backed ousting of gaddafi in i backed ousting of gaddafi in 2011 the country fell into chaos. the promises of western help to rebuild vanished. it has two rival governments, one in the east am one of the west of the country, a pair of failed states. neglect is widespread. this is one of the dams that failed. amid the libyan political chaos, warnings it was in urgent need of repairs went unheeded. was a catastrophe and all my friends are dead and one of my friends was filming from the top of the valley. was filming from the top of the valle . ~ , ., , valley. my friend, he was filming- _ valley. my friend, he was filming. he _ valley. my friend, he was filming. he died. - valley. my friend, he was filming. he died. a- valley. my friend, he was i filming. he died. a quarter valley. my friend, he was - filming. he died. a quarter of the city is _ filming. he died. a quarter of the city is now— filming. he died. a quarter of the city is now in _ filming. he died. a quarter of the city is now in ruins. - filming. he died. a quarter of the city is now in ruins. a - the city is now in ruins. a third of its people homeless and thousands dead at the true scale of the disaster is unfolding still.

there was a torrent of water that came to the city and one thing you have seen is that there is a numbness, a grim numbness amongst the people who are watching all of this unfold and at the airport today i went to talk to two men sitting and they were watching videos on social media and the sound of women and children sobbing and screaming was echoing around the airport hall and when i went to see them, they scrolled the page and showed me a video arcade video of heart—rending scenes and for people here they have lived through so much conflict and trauma already and for people to see this unfolding and to know it's —— not difficult for them to do anything to do about it is difficult and i saw a rescue team, small red crest rescue team, small red crest rescue team from tripoli and they told me they would head across to the city but even thatjourney

is difficult and dangerous. the scale of the task facing libya is extraordinary and even now as we see the images coming out of the city and others along the coast here town we try to see what people need in terms of recovering some of the bodies. burials, we are seeing pictures of mass graves overflowing and we still have no idea quite how catastrophic the situation could turn out to be. earlier, i spoke with stephanie turco williams from the centre for middle east policy at the brookings institution. she's also the former special adviser on libya to the united nations secretary—general. well, it's. .. it fills me with enormous sadness. what i see and what i hear from my libyan friends. i was in contact with someone today who lost 27 members of his family in derna. so it's it's impossible to comprehend, to understand the agony and the suffering

that these poor people are enduring in derna and elsewhere in in eastern libya, in areas that have been that were hit by this storm. and these are areas that i that i know well from my time spent in the country. so it's been very difficult to watch. and ijust, you know, my heart goes out to all of those who have been affected by this tragedy. you say you know the area well, i just want to understand a little more about the context. derna, which is one of the worst affected areas, has seen years of turmoil. how has the internal libyan politics contributed to its neglect and how has that played out in the present day as they deal with this crisis? well, the issue of neglect is a historic one in libya. it didn't really

start 12 years ago. it goes back to the days of the gaddafi regime. derna was was an area, a city of a certain rebellion against mr gaddafi. and so he punished the city and it gained notoriety later as a hotbed of extremism. and then after the revolution, like much of eastern libya, it got caught up in the maelstrom of the violence and the emergence of extremist groups. and so the conflict and the chaos continued. derna was a particular centre of of conflict. it was remained under siege by the forces of mr haftar until 2019, which is the year in which also mr haftar�*s forces attacked tripoli.

so, you know, the derna context is specific. of course, the issue of infrastructural neglect is more general. we, in that period, also we had from 2020 until well into 2021, covid crippled a lot a lot of efforts. so you have this you have the climate catastrophe, you have this historic context, you have administrative chaos. and it's just a terrible recipe for the kind of tragedy that has unfolded. news from the us where joe biden�*s son, hunter, has become the first child of a sitting us president to be criminally prosecuted. he's been charged with three counts of lying when buying a gun while he was a drug user. a plea bargain deal that would have prevented the charges fell apart in july. here's our north america correspondent gary 0'donoghue. well, these gun charges go back

to 2018 when hunter biden was a self—confessed drug addict and he at that time filled in a couple of forms, say the prosecution, on which he lied about being a drug addict and then bought a .38 revolver which he possessed for 11 days before his then girlfriend threw it in a dumpster. now, hunter biden believed he'd reached a plea deal with prosecutors back injuly in which he would avoid prison on these charges and some misdemeanor tax charges. but that deal all fell about, and that's why we're here today with this indictment. he could still face further charges. we don't know whether prosecutors are going to do that at this stage. there's been no reaction so far from joe biden and the white house. we know that matters to do with his family, famously rile up the president. so he's not likely to be pleased about this. and of course, it does come in the week when congressional republicans have begun their impeachment inquiry intojoe biden, in particular, his connections to his son's business affairs while

he was vice president. that all will present a political problem for democrats, no doubt. but of course, the republicans have problems of their own with their leading candidate for the nominee for the republican nomination, donald trump, who's also facing 91 separate criminal charges in state and federal courts. 2024 may be a big presidential election year, but a lot of people are going to be spending a lot of time in courtrooms. a long—awaited study by nasa has concluded there's no reason to believe aliens are behind hundreds of ufo sightings. but the american space agency says it can't rule out whether they have an extra—terrestrial origin. the bbc�*s nomia iqbal has been finding out more. my gosh... that is the voice of a navy pilot. the grainy blob he has zoned in on appears to be a ufo. it is the kind of unclassified material nasa has been looking into. we went to the space agency's headquarters hoping for answers. the nasa independent

study team did not find any evidence that uap have an extra terrestrial origin. but we don't know what these uap are. ok, no alien life yet, or the kind many space watchers hoped for, but it is the public nasa is now relying on to help them gather data on uap. it is the new term for ufos. the rebrand is partly to encourage everyone to report sightings without feeling they will be judged but most of us still use the term ufos. by releasing this report publicly, nasa says it is being open and transparent. for decades, the space agency and the us government have been accused of covering something up, which they deny, but not everyone is convinced. injuly, some former military pilots gave stunning testimony to congress, claiming the government wasn't telling the truth. parts of our government are aware more about uap than they let on. excessive classification

practices keep crucial information hidden. top pentagon officials said it was insulting to staff. no concrete answers yet, then, to the question, is there alien life out there. but if you spot anything strange in the skies, nasa wants you to please get in touch. nomia iqbal, bbc news, washington. you're live with bbc news. here at open all hours, janet can stock up is on as much cliff richard memorabilia as she likes. we will have to write to you, janet to see if you can visit us.— you can visit us. this shop sells everything _ you can visit us. this shop sells everything from - you can visit us. this shop - sells everything from jewellery and bags to hats and antiques and bags to hats and antiques and has been specially curated to tap into the interest of people here. i to tap into the interest of peeple here-— to tap into the interest of. people here._ the people here. i love that. the conce -t people here. i love that. the concept of — people here. i love that. the concept of the _ people here. i love that. the concept of the shop -

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the prime minister was at north devon district hospital today announcing plans to cope with winter pressures. in the south—west of england, services last winter were under severe strain with long ambulance delays. so what sort of reception would rishi sunak get? reception would rishi sunak iet? ., reception would rishi sunak iet? , ., ., ., get? local people have to wait ears to get? local people have to wait years to get — get? local people have to wait years to get treatment - get? local people have to wait years to get treatment and - get? local people have to wait| years to get treatment and i've been waiting three years. that's the benefits of units like — that's the benefits of units like this... that's the benefits of units like this. . ._ like this... one of rishi sunak's _ like this... one of rishi sunak's key _ like this... one of rishi sunak's key aims - like this... one of rishi sunak's key aims is - like this... one of rishi - sunak's key aims is speeding up treatment for patients. you sunak's key aims is speeding up treatment for patients.- treatment for patients. you go home today — treatment for patients. you go home today and _ treatment for patients. you go home today and that _ treatment for patients. you go home today and that is - home today and that is fantastic.— home today and that is fantastic. �* , ., fantastic. are you still on course to _ fantastic. are you still on course to hit _ fantastic. are you still on course to hit your - fantastic. are you still on course to hit your target | fantastic. are you still on i course to hit your target of reducing waiting list before the election?— reducing waiting list before the election? reducing waiting list before theelection? , ., _ ., , the election? obviously that is challenging — the election? obviously that is challenging with _ the election? obviously that is challenging with industrial - challenging with industrial action, _ challenging with industrial action, no two ways about it and — action, no two ways about it and we _ action, no two ways about it and we were making good progress. is and we were making good progress— and we were making good unforess. , , progress. is it possible you will miss — progress. is it possible you will miss the _ progress. is it possible you will miss the target? - progress. is it possible you will miss the target? with | will miss the target? with industrial _ will miss the target? with industrial action _ will miss the target? with industrial action it's - will miss the target? with industrial action it's hard l will miss the target? with l industrial action it's hard to

continue _ industrial action it's hard to continue to meet these targets but what — continue to meet these targets but what i would say is we are making — but what i would say is we are making good progress despite industrial action. making good progress despite industrialaction. last making good progress despite industrial action. last year we virtually— industrial action. last year we virtually eliminated a number of people waiting two years. are you _ of people waiting two years. are you saying without industrial action you would have met the target? yes i'm confident _ have met the target? yes i'm confident we _ have met the target? yes i'm confident we would _ have met the target? yes i'm confident we would have - have met the target? yes i'm confident we would have and | confident we would have and that — confident we would have and that is— confident we would have and that is what the plans it showed. that is what the plans it showed-— that is what the plans it showed. ~ . , ., ., showed. what is he doing about resolving the — showed. what is he doing about resolving the dispute? - showed. what is he doing about resolving the dispute? it's - showed. what is he doing about resolving the dispute? it's not l resolving the dispute? it's not my view, this is independent. why can't you get round the table with the doctors to get round through the doctors and initiate something? we round through the doctors and initiate something?— initiate something? we have tried in the _ initiate something? we have tried in the past _ initiate something? we have tried in the past and - initiate something? we have tried in the past and i'm - tried in the past and i'm really— tried in the past and i'm really grateful to the overi million _ really grateful to the overi million nhs workers including all of— million nhs workers including all of our— million nhs workers including all of our nurses who did do exactly— all of our nurses who did do exactly as— all of our nurses who did do exactly as you describe, got round — exactly as you describe, got round the table and worked it round — round the table and worked it round the table and worked it round the government came to a sensible — round the government came to a sensible regulation. you round the government came to a sensible regulation.— sensible regulation. you didn't talk to the _ sensible regulation. you didn't talk to the doctors _ sensible regulation. you didn't talk to the doctors for - sensible regulation. you didn't| talk to the doctors for months. 0ver talk to the doctors for months. over a million nhs workers and half dozen nhs unions did as you described. the half dozen nhs unions did as you described.— you described. the doctors union hit — you described. the doctors union hit back _ you described. the doctors union hit back after - you described. the doctors| union hit back after hearing those comments.— union hit back after hearing those comments. that's a cheap shot, those comments. that's a cheap shot. blaming — those comments. that's a cheap shot, blaming doctors _ those comments. that's a cheap shot, blaming doctors for- those comments. that's a cheap shot, blaming doctors for ten i shot, blaming doctors for ten years of rising waiting list.

if we go back to 2013, two .6 million people on a waiting list, no strikes and we go to the beginning prior to the pandemic, it million on waiting lists, no strikes and the end of the pandemic, 6 million are waiting list. of the pandemic, 6 million are waiting list-— waiting list. elsewhere in the south-west. _ waiting list. elsewhere in the south-west, tony _ waiting list. elsewhere in the south-west, tony is - waiting list. elsewhere in the| south-west, tony is amongst south—west, tony is amongst those on the list the treatment and has been waiting a year for and has been waiting a year for a knee operation with no word when it will happen. everything i do takes dramatically - when it will happen. everything i do takes dramatically longer. i do takes dramatically longer because — i do takes dramatically longer because i can only move relatively few inches at a time using — relatively few inches at a time using crutches. ijust can't walk— using crutches. ijust can't walk down the street, i can't walk— walk down the street, i can't walk across the room and i have to use _ walk across the room and i have to use them on a brave move anywhere _ to use them on a brave move anywhere at all.— anywhere at all. the scottish government _ anywhere at all. the scottish government has _ anywhere at all. the scottish government has agreed - anywhere at all. the scottish government has agreed a - anywhere at all. the scottish | government has agreed a deal withjunior government has agreed a deal with junior doctors. there government has agreed a deal withjunior doctors. there is a ballot in wales and no government so no talks in northern ireland but in england the continued dispute with doctors adds to the winter pressures on the nhs.

it submerged a british pilot trying to do is —— you downed russian aircraft with military personnel on board. this is the type of raf surveillance aircraft that was nearly shot down. called the rivet joint it sucks up intelligence and electronic information and the crew got up to 30 would have been able to listen in to the russian communications that could have resulted in their own deaths. the british spy plane was on a surveillance mission over the black sea in september last year. it was unarmed and flying in international airspace. to freshen fighter jets were sent to intercept it. when the russian jets approach, they received a command from the ground telling them they were approaching their target. 0ne pilot wrongly interpreted that as permission to fire. he launched a missile, but it failed to lock onto its target. it missed. a row then broke out

between the pilots. the other russian jet did not believe it had been given permission to fire. but the rogue pilot than for another missile. that omejust dropped from the wing. but if one of the missiles had hit the target, it could have sparked a much wider conflict. i think this is a great example of how tactical mistakes can have strategic consequences. what we're talking about here is negligent, highly dangerous russian activity, very poorly controlled, running the risk of a major escalation. the ministry of defence immediately requested an explanation from the russians. the then—defence secretary described it as potentially dangerous, but accepted moscow's explanation. the reply by the russian ministry of defence on the 10th of october stated that they have conducted an investigation into the circumstances of the incident and say stated it was

a technical malfunction of the su—27 fighter. but the pentagon later described the incident in starker terms. leaked us intelligence documents called it a near shootdown. 0ne official said the incident was very, very scary. it's not the only time russian pilots have displayed unprofessional, reckless behaviour. earlier this year, a russian fighterjet forced a remotely piloted us drone to ditch. it was also flying a surveillance mission over the black sea. now despite this near shootdown, raf surveillance aircraft continued to fly missions over the black sea. though, now, they are exported by tycoon ships —— typhoonjets now armed with missiles. this incident was a narrow escaped that could have easily

avoided. stars have descended on the london west end for this and some of it does contain flash photography. the gala is billed as a celebration of britain's rich cultural scene with proceeds going to a wide range of performing arts or cremation. 0ur reporter was on the red carpet. i spoke to anna winter before the event but more importantly she was involved in splitting this up today and she said she wanted to give back to some of the organisations that had been effected during the pandemic so the event is all about celebrating uk culture and arts and some of the money being raised tonight from ticket sales and also from donations is going to bigger organisations like the national theatre and the royal opera house but also to smaller ones, more grassroots organisations so tonight has been a frenetic couple of hours on the red

carpet and we've covered everyone from the world of fashion and people like sienna miller, georgia jaggerand fashion and people like sienna miller, georgia jagger and cara delevigne and acting royalty like damian lewis and kate winslet and also people from the musical world like andrew lloyd webber who famously owns the theatre and has given up the theatre and has given up the space this evening and also stormzy who is on stage performing right now. so this has been a very busy event but also fashion is the most important thing and that the heart of everything that's gone tonight and that's because this is going to be seen as a flagship event for london fashion week which starts tomorrow, so it was reflected in some of the crazy outfits we saw this evening and we will properly see a lot more over the weekend. to a special focus on the programme this friday and the story of 65—year—old ian wallis. in 2011 he hopped on his bike in the uk and started heading east. he cycled all the way

to here in singapore raising money for charity, before his long service leave ran out, he had to head back to work. now, he'sjust completed the journey by cycling from his home in canberra, australia to singapore. i spoke to ian and he told me what inspired him to do this. i saw this and finished work from camera to derby none the whole of indonesia. i've always been doing bike rides and i was sitting there for one waiting to be done and i have now done it. one thing going about a bike on the weekend. it’s bike on the weekend. it's another _ bike on the weekend. it's another thing _ bike on the weekend. it's another thing going across continents. what was the most difficult

part during yourjourney? this is a hard thing to get across to people but it's nothing to do with cycling. i can handle the hills and the heat and humidity, flat tires, all of these things. this thing is a mental game and you are never sure what the mental game is. it could be getting savage wind for a long time which i can get but it turned out to be the noise, the garbage and the smoking in indonesia. where the things that are a real catch. and i tell you why. i remember i was cycling up the hill of which people can't imagine and i was doing it really easy and back there, in the right gear enjoying myself and then up behind me, someone on a motorcycle without a muffler

and itjust hit me in the head, if you know what i mean and i realised i wasn't doing this all that easy, i was working fairly hard on things like a very loud noise behind me was the sort of thing that pushed me over the edge of bit. tats the sort of thing that pushed me over the edge of bit. as we let ou me over the edge of bit. as we let you go. _ me over the edge of bit. as we let you go, what _ me over the edge of bit. as we let you go, what are _ me over the edge of bit. as we let you go, what are your - let you go, what are your planning to do next in terms of an adventure?— an adventure? cycle around canada. _ an adventure? cycle around canada, 35 _ an adventure? cycle around canada, 35 kilometres. - an adventure? cycle around canada, 35 kilometres. we| an adventure? cycle around i canada, 35 kilometres. we will end on that — canada, 35 kilometres. we will end on that note, _ canada, 35 kilometres. we will end on that note, thank- canada, 35 kilometres. we will end on that note, thank you i canada, 35 kilometres. we will| end on that note, thank you for watching. hello. the weather is looking a little mixed over the next few days. certainly some sunshine on offer and really quite warm weather in the south of the country, but the further north you are, you're more

likely to run into the cloud with some outbreaks of rain. and that's exactly what's happening right now. if we look at the satellite picture, you can see a weather front there spreading across ireland into more central parts of the uk. so here it's the case of thicker cloud and some outbreaks of rain. to the south of the weather front we've got that warmer, more humid air spreading in from spain and also france and that will be in place across most of england and wales through friday. so here's the forecast then through the early hours, you can see where the rain is and the cloudier conditions for the north. in the south, it's warmer and clearer temperatures of around 12—14 degrees celsius, fresher there in the glens of scotland, around 5—7 degrees celsius. so in the morning it's cloudy and rainy across the far north of england, parts of northern ireland, the south of scotland, though the north of scotland is fine in the morning. and then further south across england and wales, i think through the course of the morning, into the afternoon, we'lljust see fair weather, cloud building. it will be a really warm day. temperatures in the low to mid 20s, 22 for birmingham, 20 for norwich and london could get up to about 26. for the north, only around 14 degrees.

now on saturday the weather front still with us. it's kind of stuck in this area of high pressure, very little wind to move things around. so it'll be here until it reallyjust rains itself out. so thick of cloud and spots of rain through this part of the country. notice the blobs of blue here, the potential for one or two showers and thunderstorms later in the day. but on the whole, it's a dry day for most of us, at least. really warm in the south—east, again, 26 or seven degrees with that continental influence as the fraction higher, i think in the north. now on the showers and thunderstorms, they really get going i think on sunday spreading in initially to south—western and western areas and they'll probably move further north and east. frequent lightning, gusty winds, maybe hail, that sort of thing. so it could be quite lively for some of us, at least later on sunday. lower temperatures in the south on sunday, slightly higher in the north. now, here's the outlook then — we've got a couple of really warm days then across more southern parts of the uk. but after that, the temperatures are closer to the seasonal norm. and the weather, well,

of course, a little more unsettled with rain and showers at times. bye— bye.

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the bbc speaks to its chief executive. with the rising cost of living squeezing budgets, we'll take you to the us where the big three auto workers are about to go on strike. hello and welcome to asia business report. i'm arunoday mukharji. shares in softbank�*s arm holdings opened t10% above their offer price on wall street. the british chip designer is now valued at nearly $60 billion. this has been seven years in the making. the japanese investment giant took arm private in 2016, but later had to abandon that plan due regulatory roadblocks. the bbc�*s simonjack spoke with company's chief executive about its debut. euphoria in new york as one of

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