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kirsty�*s back on monday. till then, have a great weekend. breaking news from around the world 24 breaking news from around the world 2a hours a day. this is bbc news. this grainy security camera footage is from the moment when the floods hit and derna was changed forever. two dams, meant to protect the city, were broken apart by the force of the water. the deluge carried everything away with it. this wave of death and destruction sealed the fate of thousands. and glimpses of the horror are still emerging. here in derna, people began to pray for god's mercy. when the torrent passed, some were able to escape.
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as the rain continued to fall, they headed to the rooftops, with few understanding the scale of the unfolding catastrophe. down below, the force of the water swept away everything in its wake. those who could sought safety on higher ground. it is things like this that really show you the explosive power of the water that cascaded through this city. things like cars that have been picked up and crushed all through these streets. trees have been ripped from their roots. you can see now this scar on the landscape where buildings once stood, people once lived, and there is nothing left. rescuers are still working here, day and night, and perhaps improbably, almost a week after this disaster, there are still hopes of survival. "speak to us, so we can find where you are," the team calls out. turkish rescuers wade
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through the pools of destruction, in search of what remains. the thick mud and dirt coat everything, and makes the work slow and dangerous. the risk of disease is growing. translation: our feelings towards the city is very - difficult to describe, to be honest with you. we lost friends, relatives, and a big portion of derna's society. people are returning to derna, not to resume their lives, but to identify the dead. the bodies keep coming, laid out on city pavements, in the hope they might be claimed. eastern libya has been hideously transformed. we travelled across a shattered landscape. derna's distinctive mosque a lone survivor among the ravaged homes and smashed bridge that once stood here. in elbeida, ahmed al—hawal says life as he knew it has ended. translation: it came from here, | completely washed away the valley. it hit the wall and destroyed everything around it. ahmed is one of more
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than 30,000 people desperate for shelter, food and water. libya's eastern government failed to protect them from this disaster. now, in their greatest hour of need, it is struggling to cope with the aftermath. anna foster, bbc news, derna. live now to claudia gazzini, a senior analyist for the international crisis group in libya. welcome to you. thank you for taking the time to be with us to begin with. claudia, paint a picture for us of what you have been seeing on the ground? well, what i saw today was a devastated city, obviously. i was in turn are two months ago and it was a lively city where restaurants were open, where people would walk along this river bank. —— derna. what i saw today was completely different. 6—story buildings dilapidated or
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disappeared. what was once a creek is now a 200 metre wide opening. buildings are no longer there and we are talking about hundreds of buildings that are completely flattened. it's a mud plane now. i sigh rescue teams, a lot of libyan rescue teams, the real heroes, the boy scouts who are huddled up in a small little room still digging in the mud looking for possibly five people that were in that room on that tragic night. i saw rescue teams as well. i saw a lot of patience amongst the libyans. many of whom had lost seven, eight relatives but to instill still there helping with the aid effort. i saw a city who are trying to overcome this tragedy, but the devastation it's
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beyond description, really. natural disasters are often unpredictable by nature — but the level of death and destruction in this case is utterly devestaring — how much did outdated infrastrcuture and rival governments compound what we're seeing here? well, there is no doubt that the tragedy that expected —— affected derna specifically is the result of three factors, yes, it is a natural disaster that came down on eastern libya as a whole that night and the two days before were beyond any historic precedents. that geography of also contributed to that because all of the rain from across the region was channelled in this major valley behind the city.
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infrastructure, as he said, outdated infrastructure that had not been renovated and was also a big component in the 19705, even those successive administrations and society activists had called for it, it is in a country that for the past ten years, even in the late gaddafi years was mismanaged, where funds are allocated for less useful purposes and a lot of embezzlement had taken place and we can say that mismanagement, political competition, pettiness, lack of big vision and lack of investment in the infrastructure of the country is a big bsn for this tragedy as well. libya has other dams that didn't collapse or didn't see that type of distraction. �* collapse or didn't see that type of distraction-—
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distraction. and on that point, i wanted to _ distraction. and on that point, i wanted to ask you _ distraction. and on that point, i wanted to ask you more - distraction. and on that point, i wanted to ask you more about. distraction. and on that point, i i wanted to ask you more about that because i understand libyans will be feeling grief right now, some of them still searching for people who are missing, but ijust wonder, speaking to them, are you also detecting any sense of anger when you talk about that mismanagement now? ~ ., , ., you talk about that mismanagement now? ~ , ., ., , now? well, those who are still aurievin now? well, those who are still grieving their _ now? well, those who are still grieving their relatives - now? well, those who are still grieving their relatives are - now? well, those who are still| grieving their relatives are now digging in the mud, i did not hear angen digging in the mud, i did not hear anger, preferably their emotions are directed elsewhere. amongst libyan news, and other cities, activists, you do hear anger, you do hear people who have always been the most politically active people saying that they want those responsible to be held responsible for their actions. so you do hear, it is still very hush—hush, it hasn't erupted as a mainstream voice, but you are
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starting to see the rumblings, rightfully so, because probably this tragedy, the extent of this tragedy could been avoided. you tragedy, the extent of this tragedy could been avoided.— could been avoided. you where tellin: us could been avoided. you where telling us about _ could been avoided. you where telling us about that _ could been avoided. you where telling us about that incredible | telling us about that incredible action from libyans there just really working to help each other. i'm just wondering is international aid to getting income and if there is not enough of that, do we know why that is? does not have anything to do with arrival government? 0r why that is? does not have anything to do with arrival government? or is it also not enough attention from the international community? weill. the international community? well, as far as i the international community? well, as far as i was _ the international community? well, as far as i was able _ the international community? well, as far as i was able to _ the international community? well, as far as i was able to tell— the international community? well, as far as i was able to tell today, i as far as i was able to tell today, several international rescue missions actively involved in the search and rescue from the arab world and from european countries. there are other countries that have brought in technical aids or helicopters, marine equipment for the search and rescue, although they don't have teams on the ground, so international aid is coming and it is landing at a nearby airport that
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is landing at a nearby airport that is only used for military use, and then convoys are being brought in, a lot more convoys coming in from across libya. now, is this level of international aid sufficient? i would say it is not because of the tragedy and the extent. when you go and walk around in these ruins, you might have ten buildings that are completely abandoned and one building where there is a rescue team, be it international or local actively involved. so there is much more need for rescue capacity than what the country is offering now. but i haven't seen evidence of impediments, active impediments to foreign aid reaching libya. when i talk to these rescue missions, they all said that they arrived 2a hours after that tragedy occurred. they say that they have had good
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cooperation so far with local authorities. now, you rightfully mentioned two governments, and as far as they told me, the way it is being coordinated is that foreign capitals do liaise initially with internationally recognised governments in tripoli who authorises requests for international aid, authorises requests for internationalaid, but authorises requests for international aid, but then on the ground, activity happens through the military authority that is present in the eastern libya and has the control of the area around. so we need to the un, the un agencies are not on the ground actively yet, so as i was driving into turn—off, there was still driving a convoy to aids turn—off. we need the un agency for sanitation purposes. senior analyst for the international crisis group in libya, thank you so much for those detailed insights from the ground there in libya.
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for more information please head to our website bbc.com/news. there you will find the latest updates on the historic flooding in libya, as well as in depth analysis on how climate change is contributing to extreme weather events across the globe. there is no agreement in sight in detriot as the united auto workers union is now striking against the city's big three auto—makers — ford, general motors and stellantis after parties failed to reach an consensus over labour policies. until a deal is made, targeted strikes are taking place at a general motors assembly facility in wentzville, missouri, a ford motor assembly plant in wayne, michigan and an assembly complex in toledo, ohio. it is estimated that over 1200 workers began picketting on friday at three out of the 70 auto plants. on friday, president biden weighed in on the fight urging auto companies to share their profits with employees.
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no one wants a strike. but i respect the workers' right to use their options under the collective bargaining system. and i understand the workers' frustration. 0ver generations, auto workers sacrificed so much to keep the industry alive and strong, especially through the economic crisis and the pandemic. workers deserve a fair share of the benefits they helped create for an enterprise. i'll say it again, they should be shared by record contracts. and just as we are building an economy of the future, we need labour agreements for the future. it is my hope that the parties can return to the negotiation table before the agreement. earlier, my colleague caitriona perry spoke to luigi jokai vice president at a detriot uaw chapter — about how striking workers are feeling.
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it is history, of course, to strike at all— it is history, of course, to strike at all three _ it is history, of course, to strike at all three of the big three at the same _ at all three of the big three at the same time. what is the mood like amongst — same time. what is the mood like amongst our members? it is same time. what is the mood like amongst our members?— same time. what is the mood like amongst our members? it is a little bit of anxiety. _ amongst our members? it is a little bit of anxiety, little _ amongst our members? it is a little bit of anxiety, little bit _ amongst our members? it is a little bit of anxiety, little bit of _ bit of anxiety, little bit of excitement and uncertainty like anything, but we were prepared if that's what happened. i went to make it very clear that we did not want this to happen, wejust it very clear that we did not want this to happen, we just want to go to work every day, put in an honest days work and be paid and honest days work and be paid and honest days wage and the company has not met that anna stays wage requirement we have been working every single day as is evident of their record profits, and they are getting compensated but we aren't. voting for strike action _ compensated but we aren't. voting for strike action is _ compensated but we aren't. voting for strike action is not _ compensated but we aren't. voting for strike action is not something i for strike action is not something any work— for strike action is not something any work or— for strike action is not something any work or take slightly, so why did you _ any work or take slightly, so why did you vote for strike action? we voted for did you vote for strike action? - voted for strike action because the company needs to understand that if they don't come with a fair agreement that helps all workers, that we are going to withhold our labour. our business correspondent
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michelle fleury has the latest from detroit. the latest contract and the union explained a little bit before midnight, triggering a first round of walk—outs at three factories, one each at general murder is in misery, style and tess and ohio and forward right here in michigan. the workers are asking for better benefits they also want to see 40% pay increase over the lifetime of the four and a half year contract. the car companies are offering about half that. the uaw�*s president says it is a shame that negotiations have broken down but he sees this as a fight for fair economic and socialjustice, and so do his members, many of whom sacrificed a lot to help the car companies return to health after the 2008 financial crisis. taste companies return to health after the 2008 financial crisis.— 2008 financial crisis. we gave our contracts up _ 2008 financial crisis. we gave our contracts up at — 2008 financial crisis. we gave our contracts up at the _ 2008 financial crisis. we gave our contracts up at the understanding| contracts up at the understanding that when—
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stories making news. parts of new england and canada are under a tropical storm warning , as hurricane lee churns towards the east coast of north america. forecasters say — the category one storm is expected to make landfall over the weekend. the national hurricane centre has called the storm large and dangerous — and likely to cause major flooding. the european union fined tiktok over 386 million dollars — over its handling of the personal data of children. an investigation by ireland's data protection commission found that children's tiktok accounts were set to public by default — making them visible to all users. three men have been acquitted on all charges related to a 2020 plot to kidnap michigan governor gretchen witmer.william null, michael null and eric moli—tor were found not guilty of providing support for a terrorist act and a weapon charge. nine men were previously convicted in the case, which has been highlighted as an example of home—grown terrorism during the 2020 presidential election.
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you're live with bbc news. french president emmanuel macron said that the french ambassador to niger and other french diplomats are "literally being "held hostage at the french embassy�*. speaking to journalists on friday, mr macron also said that food is prevented from being delivered, and that the ambassador was eating military rations. after seizing control of niger in july, the militaryjunta ordered the french ambassador to leave the country — an order which he dismissed. since the coup, france has refused to diplomatically engage with the junta. britain's ministry of defence says ukraine's attack on a crimean shipyard this week was more severe than russia has admitted. the ministry says these satellite pictures show one russian ship was "functionally destroyed", and a submarine severely damaged — in the ukrainian drone
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attack on wednesday. 0ur diplomatic correspondent paul adams has an update from kyiv. i think we're seeing the ukrainians becoming more and more sophisticated and more and more confident in their ability to hit russian targets in the crimean peninsula. a year ago, they were using drones — quite successfully in one case — destroying nine aircraft at one of the russian air on the peninsula. but now we're seeing quite a complex series of operations using drones in the air and at sea, and also crucially, cruise missiles, supplied recently by britain and france. with each advent of new weaponry, the ukrainians feel that they have a greater ability to do more damage. we saw the attack on sevastopol harbour the other day in which two vessels, a landing craft and a submarine, were both damaged severely. the british ministry of defence says that some of that damage, frankly, is not repairable and that the damage to the drydock
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facility where those two vessels were undergoing repairs is also very significant. that facility crucial to the maintenance of russia's black sea fleet will also be out of action for some time. so, gradually over time, the ukrainians feel more and more confident of their ability to cause damage on the crimean peninsula with two main objectives — one, to be able to control the waters of the northwestern black sea, and the other, crucially, is to cut off the russian ability to support its troops in southern ukraine, the truth that are meeting the challenge of ukraine's counteroffensive in the south. the ukrainians feel that they have the ability now, the tactics and the equipment to dojust that. the g—77 plus china summit kicked off in havana, cuba on friday aiming to harness science, technology, and innovation to come up with solutions to current development challenges. the two—day summit is bringing together over 30 heads of state
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and government from africa, asia, and latin america. china — which is not an official member of the group also attended — along with un secretary general antonio guterres. bbc brazil's mariana sanches is in havana with the latest. leaders from countries such as brazil, argentina, venezuela, and mongolia arrives in havana at a time when the country is going through what analysts have called the deepest economic crisis since the communist revolution in 1959. and the cuban president is trying to use the event to show that the island is not isolated globally. and to strengthen his administration, which has already suffered from major demonstrations. the g—77 ends tomorrow and should generate declaration from countries that will ask for a greater voice for the global south
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in multilateral mechanisms. the group's impact on geopolitics however is typically limited. it's being seen as a watershed moment for music education in england — at a time when the number of people studying the subject are falling. shireland cbso academy in west bromwich has been set up in collaboration with the city of birmingham symphony orchestra, with a special emphasis on music in its curriculum.0ur culture editor katie razzall was given an exclusive tour. a workshop by professional musicians for year sevens in west bromwich. it's entertaining, a way of learning life skills like teamwork through music. and what's happening at shireland cbso is a uk first. this new school has
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opened in partnership with a world class orchestra — the city of birmingham symphony orchestra. i love music, and it's one of my favorite things in the whole entire world to do. i'm not really that type of music guy, but i really enjoy doing music lessons and that stuff. what's going to happen to the sound of this instrument? what i always hope for is just to think. about aspiration in young people. what do you really want - and how can you achieve it? and whatever that is, whether that's "i want to be an astronaut, - but i need to learn team building skills and i need to learn - creativity and i need to learn - resilience," you can learn all those things through music and then i they're utterly transferable then into being a politician - or an astronaut or a teacher or whatever it is you want to be. this state school sits in one of the most deprived boroughs in england, and there's real excitement here about the opportunities it could offer. we're a completely normal school, as you can see. we're in a science lab. we have french, art, maths, all the things you'd expect to see.
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but, of course, we have this real special partnership with the cbso, which is giving these students a level of musical opportunities they just wouldn't get. the expectation is that all students at shireland cbso will study gcse music, which has seen a dramatic fall in recent years. in england, fewer than 30,000 took the gcse this summer, down 45% since 2008. under 5,000 took music a—level, down nearly 48%. there's pretty much a crisis in music education in schools. there's not the funding, there's not the skill set, there's not the time made to study music. and this school is here to try and buck that trend and prove what an amazing part of a young person's education music can be. excellent. so, you are reading rhythms within a graphic score. music is embedded into the curriculum here, while studying sherlock holmes and the morse code. this partnership between the school and the cbso is about widening the talent pipeline to reflect diversity in britain and showcase other opportunities
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in the creative arts. with access to the likes of the cbso's new chief conductor, this school could be a trailblazer. katie razzall, bbc news, west bromwich. with access to the likes of the cbso's new chief conductor, this school could be a trailblazer. katie razzall, bbc news, west bromwich. thanks for your company. i'm helena humphrey— ill have more news for you at the top of the hour — stay with us here on bbc news hello there. most of scotland didn't have a great day of weather on friday — it was wet and cool. however, it was a pretty spectacular end to the day. look at this sunset viewed from john 0'groats in highland, scotland. the rain was with us, though, for most of the day in scotland, northern ireland and far north of england and underneath this rain band as well, that didn't budge all day —
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it was pretty cool as well. temperatures, for example, dropping in newcastle from 18 on thursday, just highs of 12 degrees on friday with that rain really lingering for much of the day. now we've still got the same weather front on the charts at the moment and that's going to be slowly sliding its way southwards. so rainjust edging into parts of northern england. a few thundery showers are possible coming up from cherbourg into the south—west of england and they may well rumble away into the far south of wales just as we start the day on saturday. otherwise it's a damp start for northern england. the rest of wales further eastwards we've got some sunshine. sunshine likely to be quite hazy. there will be a bit of high cloud in the sky as we go through the day. sunny skies start to move southwards across northern and then central scotland should brighten up too in northern ireland. for most temperatures, not that special, but across central and eastern england, another hot day — temperatures could hit 26 or 27. then for sunday, another change — a band of thundery rain moves up from the south. the amount of rain we see from this is going to vary a lot
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from place to place, but could be enough to bring some localised areas of flooding. and the rain reached across northern ireland to reach western scotland as well. then as we go through sunday night, those storms will continue to move their way northwards and eastwards. into monday, low pressure starts to move in off the atlantic with a couple of weather fronts moving across our shores. they will be bringing bands of rain and also strengthening westerly winds and ultimately a drop in temperatures. but that drop just sees temperatures get closer to average rather than it being especially cool. so monday, a blustery day. band of rain pushes eastwards, the strong winds blowing the rain through. then we see a mixture of sunshine and heavy showers, perhaps with a few rumbles of thunder. and for the most part, these temperatures are still above average for september. now, beyond that, the rest of the week looks very unsettled, low pressure firmly in charge. it's often going to be quite wet, it's often going to be quite windy. but for the most part, although it's not hot, temperatures will stay above average for september.
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but is it what audiences want? welcome to newswatch with me, samira ahmed. coming up, what's the bbc�*s response to complaints we had recently about its upgrade to the news app? we'll hearfrom its digital director about that and about the corporation's strategy for online, mobile and social. in may of last year, the bbc announced plans to deliver what they called a digital first media organisation. as a result, there's been a number of changes to how it distributes its journalism with new outlets and services and changes to some of its existing products. amongst the latter is the refresh of the mobile phone news app, which took place this summer and resulted in a large volume of complaints, including this from long—time user john gott on our programme two weeks ago.
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