the us presidential before the us presidential election, candidates have held rallies in the battleground states of nevada and arizona. and collins english dictionary has revealed its words of the year, and its brat. singer charli xcx's version, that is! welcome, i'm luxmy gopal. we start with breaking news that the united states where two people have been killed and six injured after a gunman opened fire in orlando while people were out celebrating halloween. dozens of police cars were seen attending the scene in the early hours of this morning. cbs reports a 17—year—old male suspect is in custody. he was arrested for grand theft last year according to cbs, there is no word on what he has been charged with or the outcome of

such other case. cbs says the police chief told reporters the wounded were taken to hospital and were in a stable condition. an emergency call came into dispatch as atjust an emergency call came into dispatch as at just after an emergency call came into dispatch as atjust after 1am on friday local time indicating seven people had been shot in the area of central boulevard and orange avenue. orlando police chief eric smith says his team are working at pace to identify the victims and investigations are ongoing into more information about the shooter. ., ., more information about the shooter. ., shooter. the good thing about our surveillance, _ shooter. the good thing about our surveillance, we _ shooter. the good thing about our surveillance, we can - shooter. the good thing about| our surveillance, we can pretty much see where he came from and walked two, who he met up with untidy conversations he had. —— and to any conversations he had. that will come out in the next day or so.— had. that will come out in the next day or so. orlando police chief eric _ next day or so. orlando police chief eric smith, _ next day or so. orlando police chief eric smith, and - next day or so. orlando police chief eric smith, and we - next day or so. orlando police chief eric smith, and we will. chief eric smith, and we will bring new developments as we get them. the spanish government says dozens remain missing after catastrophic flash flooding. at

least 158 people are now catastrophic flash flooding. at least158 people are now known to have died, mainly around valencia and malaga in spain's worst flooding disaster in generations. many roads, bridges and rail tracks have been destroyed while power and internet continue to be disrupted. bethany bell sent this report from valencia. rescue teams are still searching for missing people. people have been lifted to safety from houses, other teams have the grim task of recovering dead bodies. officials here say dozens remain unaccounted for and it is not possible to assess the full impact of the flooding. homes, businesses and shops have been destroyed. volunteers have arrived to help with the clean—up. the scale of the flooding is huge. these satellite pictures show valencia a few weeks ago, and

what it looks like now. survivors have told us how they felt abandoned by the authorities. translation: i am sorry, it is just helplessness, impotence. | the government, they don't do anything. every four years or two years, i am starting over again. we are not thieves. i work as a cleaner at the school for the council, but we have to eat. look what i picked up. food for the baby. it is wet, so i don't know if i can use it. people are struggling. in some places there is no water or electricity and the internet is down. and there is mud everywhere. bethany bell, bbc news, valencia.

i will take you to some live pictures from valencia where the clean—up operation is taking place. there is a hub where bottled water is being stocked up for people who have had to leave their homes with no access to clean water or food, the clean—up is under way. from the images of the damage and destruction we have seen there will be a huge operation to clear up the damage and destruction and we are hearing that emergency teams are struggling to restore basic services in valencia. 40,000 people are still without power, that has been reported by spanish media. the president of the valencia and government has announced 250 million euros, that it's the equivalent of $270 million of age.

people have there are many volunteers helping with the clean—up. nicky schiller has told us how things happened overnight. told us how things happened overnight-— told us how things happened overniaht. , ., overnight. there is way more mud than _ overnight. there is way more mud than you _ overnight. there is way more mud than you can _ overnight. there is way more mud than you can see - overnight. there is way more mud than you can see on - overnight. there is way more mud than you can see on the| mud than you can see on the ground, this is literally everywhere. this street gives an idea of what is going on across the city. here is where you can see what the water were level was like when the floods hit, it is one metre, 1.5 metres. you can see people clearing out their homes, there is a teddy bear that has been covered in mud, tractors are here trying to move some of the cars. this car has just been moved in the last little while. you have people coming out with buckets and spades and brooms and i have seen hundreds and hundreds of people coming here to help.

they have been bringing buckets and spades. one lady said she went to a local hardware store and they had run out of brooms so they made her something she could use and it was basically a pipe with foam on the bottom. it is a bank holiday here in spain, so people who would normally have been working are coming out to help the people of this area of the city. five kilometres away in the heart of the city you would not know there has been a flood, whereas this area has been completely devastated by the water. i think there is a real community spirit now where people in the city are wanting to come and help the people who do not have very much. they are without power, there is very little water, food and medicine. on that point the city council has opened up a church nearby and last night hundreds of people were bringing donations of food, baby items, things like nappies, toiletries, clothes and so much water they had to form a human chain to get the water into the church so they

were able to distribute that after. there is a fear that we could be in for some more rain. there is an amberwarning be in for some more rain. there is an amber warning for parts of the country and they will be a concern amongst the authorities that that may cause more problems as they still try, in those cut—off areas, to get your people. there is also a fear that when they do do that, the death will rise. a bbc investigation has revealed that the metropolitan police were told of allegations of sexual assault by mohamed al fayed a decade earlier than they have acknowledged in recent statements. samantha ramsay was 17 years old when she reported him in 1995 after he sexually assaulted her in harrods. i bet you now, the met

police said the first report dated from 2005. samantha has since died, but as our correspondent reports, her family say they dismissed her report and told the bbc multiple women could have been saved from sexual abuse if the force had acted. everybody that met her, loved her~ _ everybody that met her, loved her. ,, , , , everybody that met her, loved her, ,, , ,, , everybody that met her, loved her. ,, , , , , ., everybody that met her, loved her. ,, , ,, her. she is missed. it is a big hole in our— her. she is missed. it is a big hole in our lives. _ samantha ramsey moved to london in 1995 aged 17 to pursue her dream of working in harrods. her mum and sister say what happened there changed her life. after being sexually assaulted by mohamed al fayed in his office she told a harrods supervisor. the supervisor came back with mohamed al fayed and they both berated her then. it was brief, abrupt, quite aggressive. and she came out of that feeling quite threatened. it ended with "you will not tell anyone about this

because we know where you live, we know your family." she was immediately fired and quickly told the met she had been sexually assaulted. she passed the police station and went straight in. i know she was told "ok, we will take this down, write it down and add it to a pile of other female names we have who have made the same complaint against mohamed al fayed. nothing will be done, it is your word against his." she left despondent. she had done the right thing, reported it, but we never heard anything back ever. the met said its first report of sexual abuse by mohamed al fayed was in 2005 but sam's report was a decade before, meaning the met knew about him much earlier. i believe that a lot of people, women, could have been saved going through what she went through if the met police

had listened to her. the met says there is no history of sam's case on its computer systems but the paper—based report from the 90s might not have been digitised. while we cannot change what has happened, we do acknowledge trust and confidence is affected by our approach in the past and we are determined to do better. the met said it's found reports from 21 women who accused mohamed al fayed while he was alive. he was not charged. 60 further women have come forward in the past weeks. the handling of mohamed al fayed is not a matter of distant history. it also sheds light on how police deal with violence against women and girls today. sam died in 2007 in a car crash. her family say mohamed al fayed's abuse and not being listened to by police altered the course of her life. she was never right after what happened in london. it really changed

her outlook on life. we had 12 years of erratic behaviour after that. a suicide attempt. she never really found her place in life. if you have been affected by this story, you can search the bbc website for support.

thank you for being with us on bbc news. israel has bombed the southern suburbs of the lebanese capital beirut for the first time in almost a week. it comes a day after israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu met visiting us officials to discuss a possible deal to end the war in lebanon. let's go live tojerusalem. ben brown is there for us.

leben en's prime minister indicating this may be a rejection of the ceasefire. that is absolutely right. yesterday, the caretaker prime minister was talking quite optimistically about the possibility of an imminent ceasefire in lebanon, saying it could be within days or even just hours, but that is not how things have panned out and now he is saying that those air strikes are an end to any possibility of a ceasefire in the short term. what happened in the last 24 hours, despite israel's relentless military campaign against hezbollah, people have been killed and four agricultural workers from thailand, and shortly after that, in northern israel, we

saw an israeli woman killed and her adult son in an olive grove as well. in the wake of those deaths in northern israel, there was a wave of israeli air strikes overnight on targets in the southern suburbs of beirut. this is an area that has traditionally been a hezbollah stronghold. it has been hit many times by israeli warplanes, although not in the last few days. these were the first strikes therefore some time. meanwhile, let's take a look at the situation in gaza, because at the united nations has said that children in gaza are really paying the price for their war there, a war they did not start. thousands are among 40,000 people who have been killed in gaza since last october. that is according to the hamas run health ministry. our correspondent, fergal keane, who is injerusalem, has compiled this report on the

story of a little girl in a picture in gaza. everyone scattered. because the picture in gaza. everyone scattered. because the israeli army ordered them to. israeli army ordered them to. because death was everywhere. because death was everywhere. and it did not matter who you and it did not matter who you were, of what age, you had to were, of what age, you had to go. the photographer, probably go. the photographer, probably an israeli soldier, captured an israeli soldier, captured this image a week ago. the men this image a week ago. the men made to strip for searching. made to strip for searching. some of them elderly. as the some of them elderly. as the army headed for weapons and army headed for weapons and anyone linked to hamas. but anyone linked to hamas. but look to the left, in the crowd, look to the left, in the crowd, a small child, facing away from a small child, facing away from the soldiers. who was she? what the soldiers. who was she? what became of her? julia, three and became of her? julia, three and

a half years old. a half years old. these photos were taken a month ago,

a half years old. these photos were taken a m: in h ago, a half years old. these photos were taken a m-- a half years old. these photos were taken a m— it was very bad. in gaza, it is not so much _ it was very bad. in gaza, it is not so much that _ it was very bad. in gaza, it is not so much that children - it was very bad. in gaza, it is l not so much that children grow old before their time, it is that time stands still. they are trapped, each day like the one before. the trauma accumulating. julia's seven—year—old cousin was killed by an israeli drone strike in the street where he played. translation: it strike in the street where he played. translation: it used to be normal- _ played. translation: it used to be normal. she _ played. translation: it used to be normal. she would _ played. translation: it used to be normal. she would run - played. translation: it used to be normal. she would run and i be normal. she would run and play. but now, whenever there is a shelling, she points and says, aeroplane! she looks up and point out the drone flying over us. it and point out the drone flying over us. , ., ., over us. it is hard to call julia over us. it is hard to call julia lucky _ over us. it is hard to call julia lucky in _ over us. it is hard to call julia lucky in a _ over us. it is hard to call julia lucky in a place - over us. it is hard to call julia lucky in a place like julia lucky in a place like this, but she is fortunate. and the family that holds the close. a harrowing picture of life and

death in gaza at the moment. at the beginning you mentioned the latest on the ceasefire possibilities. well, we did have two us envoys here yesterday talking to the israeli prime minister, benjamin netanyahu, about a possible ceasefire is in lebanon and in gaza. no breakthrough at all. the american secretary of state has said that good progress was made, but at the same time, many experts and analysts and observers are not expecting any real breakthrough on ceasefires in lebanon or gaza until after the us presidential election is out of the way next week. thank you. still seven days to go before we may hear any further updates on that. then brown, live injerusalem. let's stick with the subject of the us election. with the presidential

election entering the final days of campaigning, the two candidates are virtually neck and neck in the national polls. they have both headed west to nevada and arizona. don't be afraid, the election result can't be that scary. or can it? ~ ., ~' result can't be that scary. or can it? ~ ., ~