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extent of the problem don't know the extent of the problem with the floods and the torrents that have destroyed buildings. the father, stepmother and uncle of ten year old sara sharif are charged with her murder. the former spanish football federation president — luis rubiales — will appear in court in madrid to respond to accusations of sexual assault. and london fashion week is under way as stars gather on the red carpet for a night of glamour at vogue's latest event. hello. good to have you with us. the libyan red crescent says the number of people who've died in flooding in the city of derna has risen to 11,000. that figure is expected to grow
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as the recovery effort continues and more bodies are retrieved from the mud. officials estimate that about 30,000 people have been left homeless. earlier, the united nations describe the disaster as a tragedy in which climate and capacity collided. simonjones reports. the number of dead is rising in a landscape that has been transformed, devastated. this is what is left after more than 250 times the average monthly rainfall came down in just 2a hours and cascaded onto derna. entire neighborhoods swept away as two dams on the outskirts of the city failed. translation: a catastrophe hit libya. a huge catastrophe. may god accept the victims. we pray for theirfamilies. despite the scale of
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the destruction, the hunt for survivors goes on. some international help is arriving. these dogs are part of a spanish rescue team involved in a search against the clock. translation: we've been working all day on the buildings _ that have been completely destroyed by the dams bursting. the scale of destruction in the city is devastating, with a huge number of buildings damaged and victims missing. that's why we are working as hard as we can. people survey the little that's left with a sense of disbelief, and with questions. why weren't residents warned the storm was coming and given time to escape? why weren't the dams maintained to a higher standard? on the water's edge, the grim task of looking for the bodies that were swept away into the sea. it may be some time before the true extent of the tragedy is known. the un is talking of a calamity of epic proportions. this incident is something that we never seen in libya before. unfortunately, it claimed thousands
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of lives, and still there are other thousands that are missing. all efforts are put now for rescue teams to try to be able to manage this disaster. but it's really challenging. a challenge made even harder in a country that's governed by two rival groups. libya's internationally recognised regime has launched an investigation, promising anyone whose actions, or failure to act, played a part in the dams collapsing will be held accountable. but few here have confidence in the ability of those in power to respond adequately to the sheer scale of what's happened in a country ravaged by years of instability and chaos. simon jones, bbc news. well, in the past hour the under—secretary—general for humanitarian affairs at the un martin griffiths held a briefing where he discussed libya,
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let's hear what he had to say. in libya, a completely different catastrophe as we have heard from various _ catastrophe as we have heard from various authorities. one which is appalling, — various authorities. one which is appalling, shocking and i think unimaginable, actually, in its consequences. i've heard there are speculations that up to 20,000 are dead, _ speculations that up to 20,000 are dead, 4000 deaths registered at the moment _ dead, 4000 deaths registered at the moment. in libya where access to donor_ moment. in libya where access to donor is _ moment. in libya where access to donor is still so difficult where there — donor is still so difficult where there is— donor is still so difficult where there is a _ donor is still so difficult where there is a compounded problem of the dams breaking, this is a tragedy in which _ dams breaking, this is a tragedy in which climate and capacity has collided — which climate and capacity has collided to cause this terrible tragedx _ collided to cause this terrible tragedy. derna is a city of many people. — tragedy. derna is a city of many people, 900,000 affected. we and
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other— people, 900,000 affected. we and other agencies are already present in libya _ other agencies are already present in libya because of humanitarian issues _ in libya because of humanitarian issues that have an happening for some _ issues that have an happening for some years. we've sent from my office — some years. we've sent from my office from — some years. we've sent from my office from geneva hear un disaster coordination people who went to morocco — coordination people who went to morocco and then redeployed to libya _ morocco and then redeployed to libya. also communications people, specialists _ libya. also communications people, specialists and experts. we will be hearing _ specialists and experts. we will be hearing from other agents including the federation of the red cross atrout— the federation of the red cross about that. libya is coordinating with the — about that. libya is coordinating with the government and then the other— with the government and then the other authority in the east of the country~ — other authority in the east of the country. secondly, discovering the extent— country. secondly, discovering the extent of— country. secondly, discovering the extent of the problem, we are not there _ extent of the problem, we are not there yet— extent of the problem, we are not there yet irr— extent of the problem, we are not there yet in libya. we do not know there yet in libya. we do not know the extent — there yet in libya. we do not know the extent of the problem, the floods. — the extent of the problem, the floods, torrents and the sludge destroying buildings which still conceal— destroying buildings which still conceal the level of need and death
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and then— conceal the level of need and death and then sustaining in that second phase, _ and then sustaining in that second phase, getting the right aid to the film phase, getting the right aid to the right people at the right time. our correspondent anna foster is in benghazi. she gave us this update on aid reaching people in the affected areas. there are real concerns here now for the survivors, people doing their best against the elements in derna but the need isjust best against the elements in derna but the need is just not available, things like clean water, medical care. the world health organization have said the situation is unprecedented because it so hard to get that aid into the parts of libya that need it the most. it's currently difficult to enter the country in the first place and that is why we are not seeing the heavy flow of aid which would come in after a natural disaster like this. it's also very difficult logistically to get that aid from
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benghazi from where the airport is across to derna. the suggestion is that only one of the entry points in the city still operating and it gives you a sense of how difficult things are for the aid workers and for the people who have survived this. we are hearing from the mayor of derna who says the death toll could rise to as many as 20,000 people. this is a number that is increasing day on day and is so very difficult to work out the situation there. if you think that such a large percentage of the population has been wiped out here then it's really, really difficult to get a sense of what is happening there on the ground in derna. we know that the ground in derna. we know that the aid is not sufficient and we know that international ngos find it difficult to operate in the area. we follow this story continually in
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order to try and work out how the survivors are going to cope in the elements over the next few days and weeks. i spoke with anas el gomati who's a director at the sadeq institiute, an independent libya think tank. he told me a little bit more about the political situation in the country and how it is affecting the relief effort. it's a chaotic story that has been painted over 48 hours in so many different ways and it tells the story of rival factions in libya, disinformation that is pumped daily in a very toxic fashion to libyans themselves, so how do they piece the fragments together? what we know is that the libyan national army, khalifa haftar�*s forces, that have taken control of that city in the last five years, they were involved in the early moments, one or two of their brigades were involved in warning residents towards the sea, an area that was not as affected as those inside the city. an indication of the lack
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of foresight towards the dam. the local mayor himself put out a warning on the night of, or the morning of, rather, the day before, saying residents should evacuate. on the critical night of, the authorities in eastern libya under khalifa haftar, under the security directorate in derna told the residents they must stay inside as 115 million cubic metres of water began to flow through those two dams that you have described and unleash the force of around 100 terajoules that ripped through the city. and to give you a context again, 88 terajoules was the force of the atomic bomb that dropped on nagasaki, so this is essentially the force of an atomic bomb that has ripped through the city, and that's why we are not looking at a natural disaster that could have taken the lives of regretfully only a few or maybe even a dozen, but thousands and thousands. and that's why we have to understand the criminal negligence that was there in the moments before. there are things that could have been done to stop this had they monitored the dam in those days and hours before.
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had they released the pressure valves on the dam to release the pressure so it wouldn't have ripped through the city in the days and hours before. none of this was done and the authorities there, are unappointed, they were appointed, they are not elected, they were the custodians and the stewards of public trust in the city... we interrupted that, that is the former spanish fa president, attending court. this around the unsolicited kiss on the lips to the spanish women's player in their match against england, on august the 20th. he has claimed that the kiss
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was mutual and consensual and for all that followed, spain was described as going through its own me too movement. it also... september the 8th, the prosecutor went ahead and filed a complaint with the high court against him. following the player telling the fa that he had kissed her on the mouth without consent whilst holding ahead without consent whilst holding ahead with both hands at the medals ceremony. so this is why the former president of the spanish football federation is appearing a high court judge today, facing that complaint of sexual assault. immediately after this, i don't know if you remember
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this, i don't know if you remember this, he was then suspended by fifa. his mother, this making headlines around the well, his mother went on hunger strike within a church at her alleged, her allegations of bad treatment of her son. so he has faced calls, but he resisted them, to step down as president of the spanish football federation, he was already suspended from fifa and then finally quit in september the tent. he does remain unrepentant and we've heard this from our correspondent in madrid who will hopefully be speaking to —— we will be speaking to in the programme shortly, he says, there is no intention other than the joint itself. it was consensual between him and the
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player. he likened the atmosphere in sydney to winning a lottery or seeing the end of a war situation. he says people don't ask permission. that's his defence. she has come forward to say that the kiss on her mouth took place without her consent whilst her head was being held by both hands. some politicians, particularly female politicians have also come forward and said that the sexism within the sport is shameful. the deputy prime minister being one of those. the sexism within the wider spanish society has also made headlines throughout the country. now the prosecutor we understand has also said that he's added that a
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possible crime of coercion against him saying that she and her relatives were put under pressure by him and his entourage to say that she justified him and his entourage to say that shejustified and him and his entourage to say that she justified and approved what took place. that's still being considered by the prosecutor. thejudge place. that's still being considered by the prosecutor. the judge who place. that's still being considered by the prosecutor. thejudge who is in charge of the investigation has said that to proceed any formal charges under spanish law and he is set to decide whether the the case will go to trial and if it does he could go between 1—4 years of imprisonment. recently, the new coach of the women's football team was announced. we are expecting a press conference from the new
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coaching team later this afternoon. and the latest of any developments taking place in that courtroom as and when we get it. morocco's government says it will rebuild about 50,000 homes damaged by last week's earthquake. authorities say they'll provide more than 13,000 dollars for each home that was completedly destroyed and now needs reconstruction. they'll also offer eight thousand for those partially damaged. residents will meanwhile be given temporary shelters equipped to withstand cold weather, and each household will receive what lies behind me is just a fraction of the destruction this country has seen over the past week or so. this isjust a glimpse of what morocco has gone through as a result of the earthquake and this is why the king issued a series
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of decisions last night regarding a rehousing programme and a reconstruction plan. he also allocated 82 affected families, around $3000. but the problem is now or the big question is how long this plan will take to be put into place. one of the biggest problems facing people now, especially in mountainous villages that have been hit the hardest shelter. many of them have spent days in the open area in the chilly weather at night. some of them are based on some makeshift tents. so far how long they are going to stay this way that is the big question. morocco has been very selective in accepting foreign aid. it only accepted aid coming from four countries, including the uk, so this needs a lot of money and expertise and equipment and whether or not morocco will be able to do that on its own, that remains to be seen.
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the king has also said that women and children will be put under state care. children who have lost their parents as a result of the earthquake will now have government care, the government will pay for their education and for their health care in the years to come. according to unicef, there more than 4000 children have been affected by this. rescue workers have through the morning been preparing to entering one of the towns here in morocco. how precarious is that search and rescue operation? it’s how precarious is that search and rescue operation?— rescue operation? it's pretty precarious — rescue operation? it's pretty precarious and _ rescue operation? it's pretty precarious and it's _ rescue operation? it's pretty precarious and it's facing - rescue operation? it's pretty - precarious and it's facing logistic problems because the hardest—hit areas are up high in the atlas mountains and there are landslides and the rights had been blocked, so and the rights had been blocked, so a lot of rescue teams are struggling to get to that area. this is why the
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moroccan authorities have been criticised for being selected about taking aid from foreign countries. many people there don't have water, food or medical supplies and now the problem that's really dominating the scene is shelter. it's really hard for rescue and aid workers to reach these villages and there are dozens, maybe hundreds of them.— maybe hundreds of them. that's the latest from morocco. _ maybe hundreds of them. that's the latest from morocco. very _ maybe hundreds of them. that's the latest from morocco. very quickly, l latest from morocco. very quickly, just to give you an update, 4—5 days on from that devastating, catastrophic flood in the libyan town of derna, the red cross says that it town of derna, the red cross says thatitis town of derna, the red cross says that it is still hopeful of finding flood survivors. we've also had concerns about the recovery of bodies. prevention of the outbreak of disease, however the red cross is
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saying that it is still hopeful of finding survivors of that catastrophic flooding in the coastal city of derna. around the world and across the uk, this is bbc news. let's take a look at some of the other stories. wales will be one of the first countries to adopt the 20 mph speed limit in built—up areas. the new limit will come into force on sunday, covering around one third of the roads in wales. drivers have been warned not to rely on sat—navs as speed limit updates may not be immediate. gatwick airport says it's expecting to operate normally today despite thursday's cancellation of 22 flights because of air traffic controllers. national air traffic services apologised for its staff shortages — weeks after a technical issue let
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to thousands of uk flight cancellations. the number of butterflies in the uk has risen to its highest level since 2019, according to conservationists. the butterfly conservation wildlife charity recorded more than 1.5 million butterflies and day—fly moths between july and august. you are life with bbc news. three people have been charged with the murder of 10—year—old sara sharif whose body was found at herfamily home in woking last month. the girl's father, urfan sharif, his partner and brother are also accused of causing or allowing the death of a child. the three were arrested on wednesday evening when they arrived back in the uk from pakistan. let's get morning from our correspondentjessica lange who is at guildford magistrates' court. what's happening this morning? it
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wasjust after midnight what's happening this morning? it was just after midnight where police have said they are bringing charges against the three suspects. her father, her brother and uncle and they are all charged with her murder and they are also each charged with causing or allowing the death of a child. that is after she was found dead at the family home in woking which is here in surrey. this morning, we are expecting those three to appear here at guildford magistrates' court. herfather and magistrates' court. her father and her stepmother and magistrates' court. herfather and her stepmother and her uncle all arrive back in the uk on wednesday from pakistan, flying via dubai and they were arrested at gatwick airports which was at 7:30pm uk time. surrey police say that her mother is being kept up—to—date with what is happening and she is being supported by specially trained
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police officers. of course, it's here at guildford that we are expecting those three, her father, her stepmother and her uncle to appear at some point this morning, charged with murder and causing and allowing the death of a child. thank ou ve allowing the death of a child. thank you very much. _ allowing the death of a child. thank you very much, jessica _ allowing the death of a child. thank you very much, jessica lane. - an announcement is expected later about the future of one of britain's biggest steelworks — port talbot in wales. india's tata group has been in talks with the government over state aid to produce �*greener�* steel. however, unions fear the move could lead to the loss of thousands of jobs. live now to our corespondent tomos morgan. before this announcement, what are they hoping or expecting to hear? well, the workers and the unions,
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what they want is some guarantees around the future of this plant because every year or year or so there seems to be some sort of turmoil associated with threat of redundancies and closure, so this investment was meant to be a green investment was meant to be a green investment to take big industries, heavy industries like steel down to net zero and is part of that there was changing these two big blast furnaces powered by coal and changing them into electric arc furnaces. we believe this is what will be in the agreement today and that's what's been widely reported in the media. the issue with the arc furnace is twofold. firstly, there is a the type of steel it can create, which may have a knock—on effect of the wider area. it employs
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thousands across the uk but also its less labour intensive for people working in the plant. you don't need a blast furnace so that's a lot of jobs. you are reducing it by 90% if you have these electric arc furnaces so what workers want to see what the plan is for that number of workers. the government say there was no ban on the table it would be the loss of the whole industry but they will have to be some kind of catching whatever agreement is being made. irate whatever agreement is being made. we will have an update on that announcement. stay with us for at that. wejust announcement. stay with us for at that. we just want to bring you some breaking news following an incident that took place in staffordshire in the west midlands on thursday. a man was attacked by a dog. we now understand that by the west midlands service that a man has died following that dog attack that took
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place in staffordshire. just a bit of background to this, members of the public at the time of the attack had tried to help the victim as the attack took place outside the property. children were stopped by officers from leaving a nearby school for safety reasons. the man was taken to hospital after the attack but we understand now that that man has died. the 30—year—old man from litchfield was arrested on suspicion of having dogs danger street out of control. this is bbc news. hello. it's another day of contrasts in the weather north to south across the uk. we've got warmth and humidity spilling in from the south, so lots of warm sunshine for parts of england and wales.
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but there is some rain in the forecast too. much fresher conditions further north as well. all down to the fact that we've got this waving weather front. you can see on the satellite image the swathes of cloud here. it's a warm frontjust edging its way very slowly north, bringing some rain but also dividing much cooler, fresher air across the north to this humid air that's piling its way in from the south. that's going to mean temperatures again on the rise today and tomorrow at least before things turn more unsettled by sunday. but back to today. here is the slow—moving band of rain affecting scottish borders, parts of northumberland for a time, across county down and into the isle of man as well. only 13 or 14 to the north of that rain band, but in the south, in the sunshine, 24, 25 degrees and feeling very pleasant. got some high cloud bubbling up and you will notice the humidity increasing here as well. through this evening and tonight, the band of cloud and rain becomes a little more fragmented and showery in nature and there will also be some heavy showers working into the channel islands, the south—west of england, where you can hear the odd rumble of thunder. largely mild, a little bit murky elsewhere.
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a few mist and fog patches forming but fresher in the north, single figures under those clearer skies. now, through saturday, we still have got the band of rain and cloud. it won't be as heavy or persistent as it will be today. starting to move its way further south. an improvement for parts of scotland and northern ireland too. relatively cool 15 or 16 degrees but again down towards the south in that sunshine, highs up to about 26, possibly 27 degrees. it's all change into sunday as we see thunderstorms moving on from the south. so some heavy downpours, blustery winds with some of these heavy showers and they become quite extensive, i think, across much of england, wales, perhaps northern ireland. a little bit drier across the north of scotland but those temperatures heading into monday, we have this more persistent band of rain, this front tracking its way slowly eastwards. we will still hold onto some warmth and humidity in the south but we are looking at fresher conditions moving in from the west and an unsettled picture by monday, some blustery showers and that's going to be the story through much of the week.
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feared to be 11,000. the father, stepmother and uncle of ten—year—old sara sharif are due to appear in court charged with her murder. the former spanish football federation president, luis rubiales, arrives at court in madrid to respond to accusations of sexual assault. london fashion week is under way as stars gather on the red carpet for a night of glamour at vogue's latest event. we are going to take you to some breaking news. this concerns the escape of daniel khalife on the 6th of september. he was captured on the saturday gone. an urgent question
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