and asked for forgiveness. he's accused of repeatedly drugging and raping his then wife, gisele, over many years, and arranging for other men to rape her while she was unconscious. dominique pelicot has accused his 50 co—defendants of knowingly participating in rape. many of the men say they thought they were taking part in a sex game. we will have more on that story in a moment and there is more on the bbc website. a desperate operation to shore up flood defences is taking place in poland, as floodwater threatens to engulf a city in the south west of the country. the mayor of nysa has asked all a4,000 residents to leave. more than 5,000 soldiers have been deployed in the region. at least 18 people are thought to have died in the floods across central europe, which have been caused by heavy rain and snowfall.

thousands have been left homeless, and more bad weather is forecast. slovakia and hungary are bracing against floodwaters moving down the river danube and its tributaries. these are the pictures from nysa overnight where people have been helping protect the flood defences. 0ur correspondent, sarah rainsford, is there. i am in nysa now, just a few miles from where we were for that report and here in nysa it was a pretty dramatic night overnight. the mayor, as you heard in that report, had given an emergency evacuation order and then there were volunteers who are here all night stuffing sandbags like this, forming a human chain to bring the bags down here to the embankment where a section of the river bank had subsided. and there was a danger, according to the mayor, of that river bank collapsing completely and the water rushing through into the town of nysa where we are now. you can see the wall of sandbags and the river behind. they have plugged the gap and in fact the river level or water level has begun to fall back.

so it seems, according to the authorities here, that the immediate danger has passed. they are prepared if the water level rises again. there is talk of another problem with the embankment a little further up but certainly after a dramatic night, lots of helicopters in the skies, lots of sirens going off, and a huge number of people volunteering to bring these sandbags to this spot and to try to protect their town. it does seem like this morning the sun has come out and people are a little more hopeful that perhaps the worst has passed here for this town in particular. i spoke earlier to marek steele, the local reporter for the polish television tvp world in nysa. the city of nysa as you mentioned, this is a city of around 40,000 people and yesterday the evacuation was announced here from 5pm to 8pm.

the waterfrom a announced here from 5pm to 8pm. the water from a nearby reservoir was lowered to allow people to escape from this very place. but today after what happened during the night, the repair of an embankment of the river that was well participated in, not only the military and the fire department and the police, but also regular citizens took part in this operation to fix this embankment. what i have seen today here is people returning from this bridge so this old town of nysa was in danger by the new wave of a fled and today we are seeing people, you can see perhaps cars crossing back into the old town where water levels have dropped. let me remind you that two days ago the embankment was broken by water rushing into the town in several places the water reached levels of the waste. in

some places even higher. but the old town was spared. the water has left the old town and has run down and the city seems to be in a better position today. water levels in the river behind me are probably around a metre and a half or two metres lower than yesterday in the evening when we were reporting from this very same spot. reporting from this very same sot. ~ . ., , spot. we are hearing they could be more bad — spot. we are hearing they could be more bad weather _ spot. we are hearing they could be more bad weather to - spot. we are hearing they could be more bad weather to come, | be more bad weather to come, what contingency measures are in place if that is the case? the weather forecast for this part of poland is pretty good. as you can see the sun is shining will stop no heavy rainfall. i think it's around ten litres per square metre that could be expected in the coming hours and days so the situation is moving down the river. the bigger cities in the

valleys and more in now. we are hearing news of the city that is being flooded currently and this wave is moving on further to the cities. let's speak to wiktoria maciejewicz, global empowerment mission's director of field missions in europe who is in klodzko, a flooded city in south—west of poland. just tell us what you are seeing and what people are saying to you. seeing and what people are saying to vom— seeing and what people are saying to you. the water has caused the _ saying to you. the water has caused the path _ saying to you. the water has caused the path of _ saying to you. the water has i caused the path of destruction. some _ caused the path of destruction. some people have lost their lives — some people have lost their lives i— some people have lost their lives. i am standing some people have lost their lives. lam standing in some people have lost their lives. i am standing in front of our— lives. i am standing in front of our track and we decided yesterday we were going to send humanitarian aid. from here we are going — humanitarian aid. from here we are going to distribute the aid to the — are going to distribute the aid to the smaller villages that can only— to the smaller villages that can only be reached by smaller

vehicles — can only be reached by smaller vehicles. we are cooperating with— vehicles. we are cooperating with first _ vehicles. we are cooperating with first responders and firefighters and they are showing us where the needs are. we were — showing us where the needs are. we were on— showing us where the needs are. we were on the ground yesterday helping _ we were on the ground yesterday helping people. the biggest challenge is that there is no mobile _ challenge is that there is no mobile network so services like firefighters and rescuers cannot _ firefighters and rescuers cannot communicate with each other — cannot communicate with each other a— cannot communicate with each other. a lot of villages don't have — other. a lot of villages don't have electricity or any network. they need water because _ network. they need water because they cannot use the water— because they cannot use the water from their homes. it water from their homes. sounds water from their homes. it sounds like people are really struggling where you are. you send some pictures to show us some of the devastation. let's put some of those on the screen. we can show you how bad things have been. you talk about delivering aid to people. what is the sort of aid people need if they are stranded? that

need if they are stranded? at the beginning they needed water and food. some of the villages were _ and food. some of the villages were cut — and food. some of the villages were cut off from the world. even — were cut off from the world. even the _ were cut off from the world. even the rescue workers couldn't _ even the rescue workers couldn't get to them. so the only— couldn't get to them. so the only way— couldn't get to them. so the only way to get to them was the helicopter and yesterday we received information that they -ot received information that they got to— received information that they got to a — received information that they got to a village that was completely cut off and some firefighters delivered aid. we are also— firefighters delivered aid. we are also getting requests from people — are also getting requests from people asking about the families because they don't have — families because they don't have contact with them. the water — have contact with them. the water is _ have contact with them. the water is receding but the situation is far from stable. there — situation is far from stable. there is— situation is far from stable. there is the possibility that things could continue to be worse, notjust in terms of the water levels may be taking time to receive the possible further bad weather further down the

line. what plans are in place in case that happens? the flood water into _ in case that happens? the flood water into other _ in case that happens? the flood water into other towns. - water into other towns. everyone is doing their best to protect— everyone is doing their best to protect their cities. their needs— protect their cities. their needs will be very strong. we will plan _ needs will be very strong. we will plan for the distribution. we will— will plan for the distribution. we will try and get some donations and help people in need — donations and help people in need who are completely devastated and have lost everything. devastated and have lost everything-— devastated and have lost everything. devastated and have lost eve hina. ., everything. good luck with all the work you _ everything. good luck with all the work you are _ everything. good luck with all the work you are doing - everything. good luck with all the work you are doing and i everything. good luck with all. the work you are doing and stay safe yourself. let's return to our top story. the man at the centre of a mass rape trial in france has testified in court for the first time. earlier, we werejoined by bbc paris correspondent, hugh schofield, who brought us more on this.

this is the third week of the trial which will last for many more weeks because there are more weeks because there are more than 50 men on trial but dominique pelicot is a central figure. he is the man accused of arranging for his wife to be rates, drugging herand of arranging for his wife to be rates, drugging her and rating her himself when she was unconscious and arranging through internet chat men to come to his flat and rates her while she was drugged. today was the first time he was speaking and he was due to speaking and he was due to speak last week but he was ill but today he took the stand and said straightaway he admitted that the totality of the charges against him. he said i am a rate this as are all the other defendants are in this courtroom. this provoked a general muttering among the other men, accused in the code, because their defence is that they thought this was a game,

arranged by dominique pelicot and his wife and that it was therefore something to which she was submitting voluntarily. that is their defence. to be called rate this by the principal accused was for them a breach of their defence. they are not happy with that. but he said they are rate this and i beg what i did. even if what i did was unforgivable. it was not a long period on the stand and they will be occasions in the days ahead when he will have to go into more detail about what he is alleged to have done. the court did ask him why did you compile this dossierfull him why did you compile this dossier full of him why did you compile this dossierfull of images of videos of what you and dossier full of images of videos of what you and these are the men dead and he said partly for my own pleasure, partly for my own pleasure, partly also he said in order that these men would eventually be brought to justice. that these men would eventually be brought tojustice. that prompted of course another wave of muttering among the

co—defendants. of muttering among the co-defendants.- of muttering among the co-defendants. ~ . ., , , , co-defendants. what happens now? this _ co-defendants. what happens now? this is _ co-defendants. what happens now? this is week _ co-defendants. what happens now? this is week three - co-defendants. what happens now? this is week three as i co-defendants. what happensl now? this is week three as you say of this trial, a high profile and of course, and we've already had from a number of people including his wife but what comes next. it is auoin but what comes next. it is going to — but what comes next. it is going to be _ but what comes next. it is going to be a _ but what comes next. it is going to be a long - but what comes next. it is going to be a long trial. i but what comes next. it 3 going to be a long trial. there are 51 people on trial including dominique pelicot. the other men are people from the area around where they lived in the south of france who over the course of ten years it is alleged answered on the chatline and then came to the chatline and then came to the house and did what they are alleged to have done. so it's a trial in which each case will have to be taken individually. each of these defendants has a lawyer and will mount a defence so that is why it is going to take a long time as each individual case is gone through and they will be videos which will be produced at some point which are the main point of evidence, but identified these 50 people.

the military government in myanmar says the death toll from extensive flooding across the centre of the country has now risen to more than 220. thousands of hectares of farmland have been inundated with flood waters along the irrawaddy river, including areas around the capital naypyidaw. the situation is being made much worse by myanmar 5 civil war. before the storm hit tens of thousands of people were already living in displacement camps. here in the uk, a man has been charged with the murders of a woman and two of her daughters in a crossbow attack at their home. carol, hannah and louise hunt were found fatally injured in bushey in hertfordshire injuly. 0ur correspondent, steve knibbs, is following the case.

this goes back tojuly the this goes back to july the 9th this year. the victims are carol hunt, louise hunt and they are the wife and daughters of the bbc commentatorjohn hunt. the day after they were found 26—year—old kyle clifford was arrested by police but he had serious injuries and was in a serious condition in hospital receiving treatment for those injuries until now. at the time the police force said a crossbow had been found but we've had a statement on the last hour from hertfordshire constabulary confirming detectives from the major crime unit have been able to question kyle clifford and last night they charged him with three counts of murder, a count of false imprisonment and two counts of possession of offensive weapons. he has been remanded in custody and will appear at westminster magistrates' court in london later this morning. we also had a statement from detective chief the nick gardner from the

bedfordshire cambridgeshire and hertfordshire major crime unit and he set our thoughts remain with the family and their loved ones as they continue to come to terms with their loss. 0ver to terms with their loss. over the last couple of months we have been working hard to gather as much evidence as possible and establish the circumstances of what happened that day. today we have managed to secure charges against carl clifford in connection with the murders of carroll, hannah and louise. he goes on to say although it has taken some time to reach this stage we can now move forward with the judicial process and seekjustice for the family. around the world and across the uk, this is bbc news.

to the united states and donald trump has spoken for the first time about what appears to be the second attempt on his life in as many months. speaking in a social media livestream, the former president described hearing shots ringing out as the secret service opened fire on the suspected gunman. the suspect, ryan routh,

has appeared in a florida courthouse. he was detained after agents spotted an assault rifle in bushes a few hundred yards from mrtrump, who was unharmed. the white house said president biden had also spoken to mr trump on the phone where the two men had what was called a �*cordial�* conversation. here's our north america correspondent, peter bowes. keep walking! this is the moment ryan routh was taken into custody. the 58—year—old was arrested shortly after fleeing from donald trump's golf club in west palm beach, florida. what's your name? ryan. ryan? less than 24 hours later, he was in court, dressed in a blue prisonjumpsuit and facing multiple firearms charges linked to an alleged attempt to assassinate the former president. this is where he was confronted by a secret service agent

while donald trump was playing a round of golf. all of a sudden we heard shots being fired in the air. and i guess probably four orfive. and it sounded like bullets but what do i know about that, the secret service knew immediately it was bullets. and they grabbed me, everybody, just, we got into the carts and we moved on, pretty good. i was with an agent and the agent did a fantasticjob. the agent fired at what investigators say appeared to be a rifle poking out of trees near the edge of the course. cellular data shows that the subject was in the vicinity of the golf course roughly 12 hours before the engagement with the united states secret service. investigators say they're still working on whether ryan routh was acting alone. kamala harris said violence had no place in america, and she was relieved her election opponent was safe, but mr trump blamed what he called her and the current president's rhetoric for what happened on sunday

and two months ago. the former president first survived an assassination attempt while speaking at an open air rally in pennsylvania. since then, security around him has been tightened. but the secret service says it needs more resources to do its job. president biden says he's looking to see if further measures are needed to ensure the safety of mr trump. i've always condemned political violence, and i always will in america. in america, we resolve our differences peacefully at the ballot box, not at the end of a gun. the white house says mr biden has spoken to the former president to convey his relief that he's safe. mr trump later said they had a very nice call about secret service protection. officials say security around donald trump's mar—a—lago home is now as intense as when he was president. there are seven anxious weeks

to go until polling day. peter bowes, bbc news, los angeles. rachel kleinfeld is a senior fellow at the carnegie endowment for international peace. she says american politics is increasingly conducted amid the threat of violence. i think the real issue is the atmosphere that has been created _ atmosphere that has been created that is normalised violence _ created that is normalised violence since the 2016 campaign when we first saw hate crimes— campaign when we first saw hate crimes and violence against locai— crimes and violence against local officials and violence against _ local officials and violence against local election officials go up in america. the president— officials go up in america. the president already has a vast apparatus of security and so do presidential candidates but it's actually the local elected officials _ it's actually the local elected officials who are getting huge numbers of threats and do not have _ numbers of threats and do not have that _ numbers of threats and do not have that security. so while we need _ have that security. so while we need security for our presidential candidates, what we really need the atmosphere

in which — we really need the atmosphere in which the state officials and — in which the state officials and school board officials and many — and school board officials and many others are also facing threats _ many others are also facing threats. ., ., ., ., threats. how do we do that? there is no _ threats. how do we do that? there is no one _ threats. how do we do that? there is no one who - threats. how do we do that? there is no one who could i threats. how do we do that? | there is no one who could do more — there is no one who could do more than _ there is no one who could do more than donald trump himself. unfortunately he has not yet taken — unfortunately he has not yet taken that stance. if he stood up taken that stance. if he stood up along _ taken that stance. if he stood up along with democrats and along — up along with democrats and along with third—party candidates and said enough is enough. — candidates and said enough is enough, we need to stop the normalisation of violence, we need — normalisation of violence, we need to— normalisation of violence, we need to commend —— condemn political— need to commend —— condemn political violence and the demonisation of our enemies. there — demonisation of our enemies. there is— demonisation of our enemies. there is lots of research that shows — there is lots of research that shows no _ there is lots of research that shows no one can bring violence down _ shows no one can bring violence down more _ shows no one can bring violence down more quickly than statements from leaders of the groups — statements from leaders of the groups themselves. so the fact that president trent has not taken — that president trent has not taken those opportunities despite being targeted himself twice _ despite being targeted himself twice now is really disappointing to those of us will research this and say you are the — will research this and say you are the one who has so much power— are the one who has so much power to— are the one who has so much power to stand withjoe biden and kamala harris and other candidates and bring this moment to an end. just

candidates and bring this moment to an end. just to go back to my — moment to an end. just to go back to my original _ moment to an end. just to go back to my original point, - back to my original point, there has been to apparent attempts on his life. pretty terrifying for him. do you think the secret service needs to review the way it protects people like him and that he should get full presidential level security which is being discussed now. it level security which is being discussed now.— discussed now. it would be ureat discussed now. it would be treat to discussed now. it would be great to give _ discussed now. it would be great to give him _ discussed now. it would be great to give him full- great to give him full presidential security but it won't _ presidential security but it won't stop the problem because this is— won't stop the problem because this is a — won't stop the problem because this is a problem that has been going _ this is a problem that has been going on— this is a problem that has been going on in our country since 2016— going on in our country since 2016 when he was first president and it's a problem caused _ president and it's a problem caused by the level of political rhetoric that has been _ political rhetoric that has been allowed in our country, mostiy— been allowed in our country, mostly unfortunately by the republican side, often against other— republican side, often against other republicans. the facebook owner meta has announced that it is banning the russian state media outlet, rt, from its platforms along with a host of other networks. the social media giant accused the networks of engaging in �*foreign interference activity�*. the move comes days

after a state department official called rt a fully fledged member of the intelligence apparatus of the russian government. enforcement of the ban will roll out over the coming days. a court battle to determine the future of rupert murdoch's media empire began in the us on monday. the case will pit 93—year—old mr murdoch against three of his eldest children, over who will gain the most voting rights in his company when he dies. the billionare reportedly wants to alter the terms of a trust, to ensure that his eldest son, lachlan murdoch, retains full control over news corp's portfolio of newspapers and television networks. the rapper and producer sean "diddy" combs has been arrested in new york. the indictment has not yet been made public. he's been under investigation after a number of women accused him of sexual assault and abuse. cbs correspondent jarred hill has more on this. prosecutors here in new york are saying that federal agents took diddy — as you mentioned, born sean combs — into custody yesterday evening, based on a sealed indictment. they are expected to unseal it this morning, so we will learn more about why he was taken

into custody but this is apparently in connection with an ongoing homeland security investigation. again, charges not immediately known at this point, but he has been the subject of a months—long federal probe led by the department of homeland security since last year. in march, agents raided his homes in la as well as miami in connection to a possible sex trafficking probe. again, no knowledge at this point on exactly what this arrest is in relation to, learning more about that hopefully at some point this morning. 0k. and, jarred, this follows other controversies surrounding mr combs. tell us the context of this latest development? over the past year or so he has faced a number of allegations including lawsuits, alleging things ranging from physical abuse and violence to sexual abuse and sexual misconduct. he and his legal team

at this point have said he is innocent of all of these. his lawyers put out a statement yesterday saying they expect not only to move forward with this but saying he is an imperfect person but not a criminal. they say he has been cooperative with the investigation that's been going so far and they are urging people to reserve their judgment until they have all of the facts. this is playing out notjust in the court of public opinion but now through the legal process. everyone here is being incredibly careful, as we are seeing, with the language regarding how they speaking about this latest development in this fascinating situation. a rare yellow—eyed penguin called hoiho has taken the crown in new zealand's bird of the year competition. more than 50,000 people voted in the competition to give the penguin its second win since 2019. thought to be one of the world's rarest penguin species, only around 4,000 are believed to be

left in the world. stay with us here on bbc news. hello. the fine and quiet weather conditions continue in the uk at the moment and at least for a few days yet. dry and reasonably sunny for the vast majority today even though we started on a chilly note with mist and fog and even a bit of thick cloud in the north and west of scotland. in the bigger picture we still see residual flooding bigger picture we still see residualflooding the bigger picture we still see residual flooding the next few days across eastern europe but the focus for heavy rain switches to italy. it's high—pressure here that kids generally dry. around the edge of it we see that cloud to the north and west of scotland. that will break up as we go through the afternoon. a bit more cloud through east anglia and the south—east and will breeze compared to yesterday. temperatures here down a little bit on yesterday but warmer

days for scotland and northern ireland. into this evening, the cloud in northern scotland continues to thin and break but across east wales in central and eastern england we will see more missed developing and that means it won't be as cold tonight compared to last night. clear skies bringing temperatures down to 45 degrees. lots of sunshine tomorrow. if you mist and fog patches gradually clearing. the low cloud and east wales in central eastern england will gradually break up through the morning and early afternoon. 0ne morning and early afternoon. one or two patches remaining around the coast but for most the sunny afternoon on the way for wednesday and an even warmer one, up to 24 degrees potentially in the north of scotland and warmer as well across some southern counties. temperatures here more widely in the low to mid 20s. he defers the unloading we have that low cloud and a bit more extensively across the country. it will linger a bit more across eastern parts for

thursday afternoon but west of that sunshine again developing. not as warm in scotland but still 22 in the west. 20 degrees in northern ireland. 24 to 25 in the south—east of eglin. it's from thursday night and into friday on the weekend where things start to change. low pressure developing in the bay of biscay drifting northwards. slow progress. the most on friday it will still be reasonably dry day with sunny spells and if few showers breaking out across crossing and in wales later stop into the weekend, and thunderstorms will break out slightly more widely and temperatures will start to drop just a little bit.

a man has appeared in court charged with the murder of a woman and two of her daughters in hertfordshire in a crossbow attack. david lammy will make his first major speech as foreign secretary warning that crises in nature and climate are the defining issues of our times. you are watching bbc news. as we mentioned, the foreign secretary david lammy is to warn that crises in climate and

nature are defining challenges of our times. nature are defining challenges of ourtimes. in nature are defining challenges of our times. in his first major speech he will announce plans to create an alliance countries to accelerate the transition to clean energy. you will also reinstate the british climate envoy role that was ditched by the previous government. campaigners have welcomed the uk's return to the world stage and climate action but warned it must be backed with cash and action, so we are waiting for that speech in probably ten minutes pass time. let's speak to a head of the international programme at the energy and climate intelligence unit. thank you forjoining us. what you make of this, a foreign secretary putting climate and nature at the heart of all foreign policy? i climate and nature at the heart of all foreign policy?— of all foreign policy? i sensed the surprise _ of all foreign policy? i sensed the surprise in _ of all foreign policy? i sensed the surprise in your— of all foreign policy? i sensed the surprise in your voice - of all foreign policy? i sensed the surprise in your voice but| the surprise in your voice but it is a very welcome move just barely two months after the election. labour promised before the election that they...