across the country. hello, i'm caitriona perry. you're very welome. we begin in eastern libya, where crews are working around the clock to search for thousands of missing people in the aftermath of catastrophic floods. it's now five days since the disaster that hit derna — which lies to the east of benghazi and the libyan capital tripoli — and there is still little evidence of much international assistance. our correspondent anna foster has reached the flood—ravaged city — and filed this report. even by night, derna's recovery teams don't sleep. as darkness falls, another body is carefully pulled from the ruins, wrapped and taken to a waiting ambulance. it is a scene that has now been

repeated thousands of times. i can't describe it, when you see people's death. maybe when you see one or two, it is... you can control yourself but when you see, maybe it's 500 people in one street, there is a woman, a child, old people... 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. 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 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. translation: ourfeelings 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 al bayda, 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 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. a short while ago, i spoke to claudia gazzini from the international crisis group, who is on the ground in eastern libya. welcome to you. thank you for taking the time to be with us. to begin with. paint a picture for us of what you have been seeing on the ground there? well, what i saw in derna today is a devastated city, obviously. i was in derna two months ago, and it was a lively city where restaurants were open, where people would walk along this river bank. what i saw today was completely

different. 6—storey buildings, delap —— dilapidated. what was once a creek, now a 200 metre wide opening. buildings are no longer there. and we're talking about hundreds of buildings that are completely flattened. it's a mud plain now. i saw rescue teams, a lot of libyan rescue teams, a lot of libyan rescue teams, a lot of libyan rescue teams, the real heroes and even the boy scouts who were huddled up in a small little for someone who was possibly in that ruin or that tragic night. i saw rescue teams. i saw a lot of patience, many of whom had lost seven or eight relatives. i saw a city and a country come together and maybe overcome this tragedy. but the immensity of the

devastation is beyond description really. devastation is beyond descrition reall . �* ., , description really. and it does 'ust description really. and it does just appear — description really. and it does just appear to _ description really. and it does just appear to be _ description really. and it does just appear to be so _ description really. and it does| just appear to be so immense, and, of course, natural disasters — they are often unpredictable by their nature. but as you're describing there, that level of destruction and death. and it is utterly devastating. how much did outdated infrastructure — a situation in which we have rival governments, compound what you are seeing there on the ground?— what you are seeing there on the ground? well, there's no doubt that — the ground? well, there's no doubt that tragedy _ the ground? well, there's no doubt that tragedy that - doubt that tragedy that affected derna specifically is as a result, i would say, of three factors. yes, a natural disaster. and the quanties of rain that came down on eastern libya that night, and the two days before, were beyond any historical precedent. there, the geography there that contributed to that, because all of the rain from across the region was channelled in that major valley behind the city.

but infrastructure, as you said, old and outdated infrastructure, and what is also become permanent. the dam was built in the 1970s. even those successive administrations and civil society activists had called for it. it's a country that for the past ten years, and even in the past ten years, and even in the late gaddafi years, was mismanaged, where funds were allocated for less useful purposes and a lot of embezzlement has 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, has or is a big reason for this tragedy as well. libya has other dams that didn't collapse, that didn't see at that kind of destruction.

there is no agreement in sight in detroit as the united auto workers unions continue their strike against the city's big three automakers — ford, general motors and stellantis after parties failed to reach an consensus over labor 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, 0hio. it is estimated that over 12,000 workers began picketting on friday at three out of the 70 auto plants. earlier, i spoke to luigi gjokaj, vice president at a detriot uaw chapter to get a sense of the mood among workers. a job at one of the big three auto makers would always be considered a good, solid, steady well paying job. is it still the case? no, ma'am, unfortunately it's not. it has not kept up with the record pace of inflation.

the working conditions, the former retirement packages and things like that no longer exist. i don't have the same opportunity at the same job that my grandfather had over a0 years ago when he first started. voting for strike action is, of course, not anything that any worker takes lightly. so why did you vote for strike action? we 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. you know, we're going to withhold our labour from the company. now, you mentioned that thejob is not the same job that your grandfather had enjoyed, but the employers would say that society is not the same society either and the economic conditions are not the same either. can you understand their argument as to why they feel they can't go for the 40% pay increase? i would say to them, the weather changes as well but we've had some boots and garments and jackets that we protect ourselves with and that's what the uaw

is trying to do for the workforce, the entire middle class. the president of your union, shawn fain said that this is a defining moment, that the world is watching. why do you think he's framing it in those terms? because the uaw and the union created the middle class in america and even worldwide. they gave us an opportunity to have our voices heard and they bridged the gaps between the haves and the have nots. and it seems we've circled back into that same era. and it is historic, of course, to strike at all three of the big three at the same time. what's the mood like amongst your members? it's a little bit of anxiety. a little bit of excitement and uncertainty, like anything. but we were prepared if this would happen. i want to make it very clear that we did not want this to happen. we just want to go to work every day, put in an honest day's work and be paid an honest day's wage. and the company has not met that honest day's wage requirement. we've been working every single day, as is evident of the record profits,

and they're getting compensated but we weren't. and have you heard from the employers today about any of that? not from the higher ups. i don't know that our ceo has even come to the table yet. so he's still absent. we haven't heard anything from him. we've heard from our uaw leadership. we've heard from our president, our vice—president. but we have not heard anything from the ceo, and at the plant, it's just kind of quiet right now. almost the calm before the storm, so to speak. now, these plants are all big employers in the areas in which they're located. what is the sense in the wider region? is there support for what you're doing? is there concern about what the potential impact will be on the local economy? there's always concern. obviously, the companies provide us with a wage. we take those wages and we spend them directly in our local areas. we frequent our local markets, our local restaurants, other businesses and independent areas. so it's got a wide range

of effect on the economy. 0n the local area, and the local area has been supporting us. they've always been supportive of us with whatever we need. so, how do you see this all ending up then? i mean, the could end before it started if the company bargained fairly and came with an offer that actually would have made us whole. they pushed this narrative that we're a family and that we're looking out for each other. but how are you a family when you're paying one member of yourfamily less than the other member of yourfamily? and they're doing the exact samejob? it doesn't make sense to me, so i believe that's a false narrative that the company has pushed and they could have avoided all of this if they had just been honest and fair. how do you think that it will ennow that the strike has begun? hopefully they come to the table and realise they made a mistake. and like any good family, we have to dust up and shake hands and go about our ways mutually agreeing that they need to do what we asked for. 0k, well, i know that you have a picket line to get

to, so i'll let you go, but thank you so much forjoining us. the vice—president of the uaw local 51. thanks forjoining us. thank you very much for letting our voices be heard. we appreciate the platform and go uaw. i've been speaking with jeanne whalen, global business reporter at the washington post, who explained how the walk out is even impacting non—striking workers. we're nearly 2a hours into the strike. so far, three units have been stood up. what's the latest? are more workers expected tojoin? they very well good. the union's leader, shawn fain, said that he will widen the strike over time and include more plans if the union don't make progress with the bargaining companies. they haven't said where that will happen and they're doing that on purpose. they want to keep the companies on their toes and keep them guessing. but yes, it could very well widen. at the same time, the companies now, in a new twist, have said that they are temporarily idling and sending

on temporary unemployment some non—striking workers who cannot carry on with theirjobs because they're not getting parts from the striking facilities. so it's affecting already 2a hours into this, even the non—striking workers. and were the workers expecting that? because we heard a lot about how the contracts were going to expire at midnight, but the employers would have to maintain the current terms and conditions until new contracts were put in place? that's right. i think that the union was expecting some... ..i don't know if retaliation is the right word from the companies, but certainly some unforeseen events and some setbacks and the union has said that it will take care of these workers. when the contracts expire, some unknowns happen, and i think this is one of them. normally, when an auto company idles production — and they do this from time to time if they run

short on parts. during the semiconductor shortage, they occasionally did this where they would idle a plant and send the workers home and give them what they call supplemental unemployment benefits, which is a percentage of their normal wages. so, it is normal practice to send them home in cases where they can't produce something. but in this case, these workers will not get those supplemental unemployment benefits from the companies because their contract has expired. so, it's a bad outcome for the non—striking folks so far. authorities have revised down the death toll from hawaii's devastating wildfires. 97 people have now been confirmed dead in the fires that swept through maui in august, down slightly from 115. further dna testing showed officials had multiple samples from some of those who died. the number of missing also fell from 41 to 31, according to maui police, but they said the death toll could still rise again as testing continues. saturday marks a year since mahsa amini — a young woman in iran — died in state custody

after she'd been arrested by the country's morality police for allegedly breaking hijab rules. it sparked an uprising led by women and girls, demanding an end to the compulsory dress code and much wider freedoms. after several months, the regime succeeded in crushing the protests but not the widespread desire for change. 0ur correspondent caroline hawley has been looking at whether things 12 months on have changed for women in iran. a warning — her report contains some distressing images. this woman had never taken part in protest before but now in exile in italy, she says after mahsa amini's death, she felt compelled to take a stand. that is the sound of the bullet that changed her life. she rushed to help young protesters who had

been shot while pulling up pictures of the supreme leader. she came here for medical treatment. surgeons removed the bullet from her head but could not save her right eye. translation: it was like losing a loved one. and i is part of someone's beauty. i am just one of many wounded protesters. even though he shot my eye, my heart is still beating. my heart is still beating. my heart beats for life, for iran, for the people of iran. it beats, too, with the agony of separation for her twins, now being looked after by their grandparents. the being looked after by their grandparents.— being looked after by their rand arents. . , ., grandparents. the last moment i was with my _ grandparents. the last moment i was with my children _ grandparents. the last moment i was with my children before - grandparents. the last moment i was with my children before i - was with my children before i was with my children before i was shot, i had brought them school supplies. all their clothes and hands were covered with blood and they kept shouting, "my mum was killed!" it was a tough moment. i can neverforget it. 50

it was a tough moment. i can never forget it.— never forget it. so many iranians _ never forget it. so many iranians suffered - never forget it. so manyi iranians suffered terribly never forget it. so many i iranians suffered terribly in never forget it. so many - iranians suffered terribly in a brutal crackdown against women— that uprising. —— women lead. hundreds were killed. thousands upon thousands were arrested and seven executed. the protests eventually die down but not the widespread fury that it ignited. 0ne western diplomat estimates that around the country, about 20% of iranian women now go out unveiled. they know they are being watched and that they risk being fined, denied public services orjailed. i get in touch with a 20—year music student in tehran on a messaging app. we agreed not to use her name and to delete our conversation immediately. i couldn't have imagined that i couldn't have imagined that i could be this brave before mahsa amini's death. wejust needed a tiny spark to light the fire. so even though i feel scared to my bones, whenever i

pass the morality police, i keep my head high and i pretend that nothing is happening. this prominent _ that nothing is happening. this prominent filmmaker began posting pictures of herself unveiled last year. she was jailed for several months after also criticising a's supreme leader. she says a profound social resolution is taking place across classes and the country —— iran's. the report revolution. extraordinarily, she spoke to me from tehran without wearing the veil. translation: has changed after mahsa amini's death is meant�*s opinion of women, on the metro and bazaars they praise women's courage and even a family gathering which i believe is the most fruit of mahsa amini's movement. the most fruit of mahsa amini's movement-— the most fruit of mahsa amini's movement. back in the suburbs of malan. _ movement. back in the suburbs of malan, elahi_ movement. back in the suburbs of malan, elahi has _ movement. back in the suburbs of malan, elahi has no - movement. back in the suburbs of malan, elahi has no idea - of malan, elahi has no idea when she will be able to go home. she still needs an operation so she can close her eyelids over her new glass fibre told me she has no

regrets. i fibre told me she has no regrets-— regrets. i don't regret it because _ regrets. i don't regret it because i— regrets. i don't regret it because i cannot - regrets. i don't regret it| because i cannot remain regrets. i don't regret it - because i cannot remain silent in the face of oppression. it was for the freedom of my homeland, for my people, for the next generation. whenever i am speaking to the kids, we always say that we hope we will be reunited in iran in better days. iran has been accused of backing the houthi revels in yemen, which has been mired in conflict for nearly a decade. on friday, a houthi delegation landed in saudi arabia on friday for talks on a possible ceasefire. these are the first formal meetings since april between saudi arabia and the houthis, which govern most populated parts of yemen. the war in yemen began as a civil conflict between yemeni factions but turned into a full—blown war in 2015 when a saudi—led coalition intervened to support the government. government services have since collapsed and a humanitarian crisis has set in with six million people in yemenjust one step away from famine. last week's deadly earthquake in morocco flattened entire villages, leaving thousands

of people homeless. aid organisations say it will take the country years to recover. this week, the government announced that it will help rebuild 50,000 homes. 0ur correspondent sally nabil has more. there are a lot of questions that have been raised after this announcement by the king last night. he announced a reconstruction plan that would provide housing for many families that have been living in makeshift camps over the past couple of days since the earthquake hit this country but the question is how long this plan will take be executed or to fully come into place and how much it is going to cost. and whether or not the moroccan government or the moroccan state will be able to hand them this whole reconstruction plan alone. we are talking about 50,000 houses here that have

been fully or partially damaged. so will the resources in the country be enough to rehouse all of these people that have been left homeless because of the earthquake? so far, morocco has received aid only from four countries, including the uk. it has been very selective in receiving aid from abroad. the un secretary general was speaking a while ago and he said he expects morocco to request aid, whether today or tomorrow, so there are a lot of questions that accompany this reconstruction plan. there are many children at risk, according to unicef, which that there are 100,000 children who have been affected by the earthquake. the school year is going to start next monday and there are lots of children whose schools have been totally destroyed so where will they go and what future awaits them? these are the questions that have been raised

at the moment and the answer is yet to be known. ajudge banned spain's ex—football chief luis rubiales from going within 200m of footballerjenni hermoso. mr rubiales appeared in court on friday for the first time, denying that he sexually assaulted ms hermoso by forcibly kissing her on the lips after the spanish women's team won the world cup back in august. mr rubiales resigned from his position as the head of spain's football federation on sunday after a weeks—long stand—off. 0ur reporter guy hedgecoe has more from outside the courthouse. the former president of spain's football federation luis rubiales has appeared here at the national court for a hearing which was part of the investigation into whether or not he committed sexual assault when he kissed the playerjenni hermoso at the end of the world cup final in sydney on august 20. in this hearing, mr

rubiales, he repeated the line that he has taken over the last few weeks, that the kiss that he gave ms hermoso was consensual and that there was no wrongdoing on his part. however, ms hermoso continues to insist that that was not the case, that this was not a consensual kiss. now, thejudge handling this case has issued a restraining order against mr rubiales, preventing him from approaching ms hermoso or coming within 200 metres of her. now, this investigation could potentially lead to the trial of mr rubiales for sexual assault and if found guilty, he could face a jail sentence of up could face a jail sentence of up to four years. in the meantime, spain's women's football team will essentially remain on strike. almost all of the players in the team have decided that they are going to continue to refuse to represent their country until, they say,

they see bigger changes at the top of spanish football. the son of infamous drug kingpin �*el chapo' guzman, 0vidio guzman, has been extradited to the united states on drug charges, according to the us attorney general. 0vidio, along with his brother, is suspected of leading the powerful sinaloa drug cartel founded by his father. he was arrested injanuary in the northern mexico state of sinaloa and has been in custody ever since. stay with us here on bbc news. that's all from us here in washington. we leave you with these live pictures of london as we hand off to our colleagues there. 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 o'groats in highland, scotland. the rain was with us, though, for most of the day in scotland, northern ireland and the far north of england and underneath this rain band as well that didn't budge

all day, 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's 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 from place to place

but could be enough to bring some localised areas of flooding. and the rain reaches 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. a 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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