us only four days until the us election. the candidate hold rallies into micro crucial swing states. two people are killed in the us state of florida after a government opens fire on people celebrating halloween. and big time charli. the british singer who has topped the charts are now coined the word of the year. hello. let's start with the catastrophic flash flooding in spain. the government there says dozens and dozens of people are still missing. at least 158 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. from the city of

valencia, our correspondent bethany bell has sent this report. 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's mud everywhere. bethany bell, bbc news, valencia. let's speak to our correspondent in valencia. the worry continues to people there, because there are more weather warnings in place? that's right. there is a red alert for an area in the south

west of the country, so authorities will be concerned that there will be more heavy rain added on top of the flooding. it is a tale of two halves at the moment in terms of the areas that are cut off. they are still struggling to get into those. we are hearing another 500 extra troops being deployed to try and get transportation links into those areas, because, of course, saw those bridges the micro the fear is that when they get into these areas, the death toll may rise. people have been trapped in cars. so there are fears over the death toll rising. meanwhile, i'm in the city area that was devastated, and you can see the locals are out in

force with brushes, and you can see water, and look, there is a drain cover that has been opened up, and everyone is pushing the dirty water into here. you can see that people's possessions are here on the side of the street, just piled high. meanwhile, because we were talking about that have been damaged, they are here, windows broken, and businesses and locals are getting into their properties, and this is a family owned business here, and air conditioning business which was devastated by the flooding. we can take you inside just to give you an idea of what has been going on. you can see here a barrowload of debris that is in here. so they have been working hard, but it is not only the owners who have been working. volunteers have as well. sadie is one of them. explain what you decided to come out and help. my family is just 200 metres away from the flood, and we are just helping

our neighbours. this flood, and we are “ust helping our neighbours._ our neighbours. this is devastating, _ our neighbours. this is devastating, seeing i our neighbours. this is - devastating, seeing everyone that have lost their houses and everything, and it is the least we can— everything, and it is the least we can do. _ everything, and it is the least we can do, just do stuff, anything _ we can do, just do stuff, anything is helping. yes, i have been _ anything is helping. yes, i have been amazed - anything is helping. yes, i have been amazed by - anything is helping. yes, i have been amazed by how anything is helping. yes, i- have been amazed by how the community has come together, hundreds and hundreds of people? hundreds and hundreds of --eole? , . , people? yes, i am very -- -- i am not — people? yes, i am very -- -- i am not surprised _ people? yes, i am very -- -- i am not surprised everyone - people? yes, i am very -- -- | l am not surprised everyone came together— am not surprised everyone came together as a team, because the organisations don't work in general, _ organisations don't work in general, and all the neighbours from _ general, and all the neighbours from all— general, and all the neighbours from all the communities, we are all— from all the communities, we are all in— from all the communities, we are all in one, and we are trying— are all in one, and we are trying our— are all in one, and we are trying our best.— are all in one, and we are trying our best. indeed, and that's what _ trying our best. indeed, and that's what you _ trying our best. indeed, and that's what you can - trying our best. indeed, and that's what you can do - trying our best. indeed, and that's what you can do in - trying our best. indeed, and that's what you can do in a l that's what you can do in a situation like this, isn't it? yes. so it is not affecting us as much, _ yes. so it is not affecting us as much, and in my case, or my family— as much, and in my case, or my family is— as much, and in my case, or my family is fine, _ as much, and in my case, or my family is fine, but everyone is not _ family is fine, but everyone is not. ., , , , family is fine, but everyone is not. ., , ,, _ not. how surprised were you by the strength — not. how surprised were you by the strength of— not. how surprised were you by the strength of the _ not. how surprised were you by the strength of the floods? - the strength of the floods? very! i have never seen anything like that, obviously, in 30 — anything like that, obviously, in 30 years. i was ten years

living — in 30 years. i was ten years living in— in 30 years. i was ten years living in england, i in 30 years. i was ten years living in england, lam in 30 years. i was ten years living in england, iamjust ltack— living in england, iamjust back from there, and i saw a lot of— back from there, and i saw a lot of this, _ back from there, and i saw a lot of this, and i think i am lucky— lot of this, and i think i am lucky to— lot of this, and i think i am lucky to be here so i can do something, because also, from england. — something, because also, from england, you can help animals as well— england, you can help animals as well from the places that have — as well from the places that have them, because when it floods. _ have them, because when it floods, they are wet, and, yes, dogs. _ floods, they are wet, and, yes, dogs. cats. _ floods, they are wet, and, yes, dogs, cats, everything. you can also— dogs, cats, everything. you can also do— dogs, cats, everything. you can also do things from outside. and — also do things from outside. and the _ also do things from outside. and the mod, we are both covered in it. it is everywhere, isn't it? yes, everywhere right now. all the cars. — yes, everywhere right now. all the cars, you can see, they are broken. — the cars, you can see, they are broken. all— the cars, you can see, they are broken, all the houses things i saw yesterday, cleaning a house. _ saw yesterday, cleaning a house, pictures, books, all their— house, pictures, books, all their lives. it house, pictures, books, all their lives.— their lives. it is all their lives. thank _ their lives. it is all their lives. thank you - their lives. it is all their lives. thank you very i their lives. it is all their- lives. thank you very much, sadie, and i think that is the picture. it is the fact that everyone's lives have been turned upside down by this. but it is heart—warming to see how the local community is coming together to try and do what they can to clear up the mess which is here, which will take

months, if not years, to return to any shape of normality. absolutely, nikki. the worst of times bringing out the best in people. thank you for bringing us the latest there. —— nicky. french government minister has said a shoot—out involving at least 400 people linked to drug trafficking has left a teenager and for others seriously injured in the western french city of poitier. the minister said the 15—year—old was, in his words, between life and death. it is the latest such gunfight to injure children, and the minister warned the country was at a tipping point when it came to drug trafficking violence, after a five—year—old was shot in another exchange fire related to drug trafficking on saturday in rennes. translation: saturday in rennes. tuna/mom- saturday in rennes. translation: , , ., translation: this event began at 10:45pm _ translation: this event began at 10:45pm yesterday _ translation: this event began at 10:45pm yesterday evening. l translation: this event began at 10:45pm yesterday evening. i | at 10:45pm yesterday evening. i was informed about it last night. at the moment, five people are wounded and several

of them are serious, some very serious. it began with the shooting at a restaurant and ended up with a brawl between rival gangs that drew in several hundred people. the police chief is telling me it is as many as 400—600 people. the french interior minister there. a bbc investigation has found that the metropolitan police was told about allegations of sexual assault by mohamed al fayed a decade earlier than they have recently acknowledged. samantha ramsay was 17 when she reported al fayed in 1995 after he sexually assaulted her in harrods. until now, the met had said its first report dated from 2005. samantha has since died, but as our correspondent reports, the met dismissed her report, and multiple women could have been saved from sexual abuse if the

force had acted. everybody that met her loved 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. within a few minutes, the supervisor came back with mohamed al fayed and they both berated her then. it was brief, abrupt, it was 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 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 that paper—based reports from the 1990s 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 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 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.

and if you could buy this story, you can search bbc action line on our website for details of support. gps, care homes and hospices hire —— have voiced concerns they will have to pay the additional employer national insurance. here additional employer national here is our correspondent helen kat to tell us why they are categorised differently. this is to do with _ categorised differently. this is to do with the _ categorised differently. ti 3 is to do with the budget on wednesday, the biggest revenue raising measure in it was to put up the rate of national insurance as paid by employers. there was an exemption put into that for anything in the public sector, so nhs organisations, public sector organisations, so they would not be affected by those additional costs, but the

health care system is pretty complex in england and it has within it lots of bribe nhs services, like for example, there were —— it has within it lots of services like care homes, gps and family doctors. there have been concerns from those in the sector this will put big pressure on their budgets. there was confusion about whether gps would have to pay this extra money, but this morning, the chief secretary to the treasury, one of the senior treasury ministers, has confirmed there will not be an exemption for gps, that larger gps surgeries would have to pay the additional money. the british medical association, which represents doctors, says that would have a monumental impact on surgeries across the country. from government sources i have spoken to, there are suggestions of conversations happening between the department of health and the department of health and the treasury, certainly around

gps. perhaps there are ways of feeding money back into the wider system, feeding money back into the widersystem, but feeding money back into the wider system, but there is more to say about companies that run care homes. around the uk and across the globe, this is bbc news.

thanks for being with us here on bbc news. to the middle east now. reuters reports doctors in central gaza say at least ten palestinians were killed in an israeli strike at a school sheltering displaced people in a camp, and israel has bombed the southern suburbs of the lebanese capital beirut for the first time in nearly a week. this comes a day after the israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu met visiting us officials to discuss a possible

deal to end the war in lebanon. let's go live to ben brown in jerusalem for us. when we spoke to you 24—hour to go, the lebanese prime minister was cautiously optimistic about a ceasefire, but now a very different message after these latest developments?- latest developments? yes, that's right _ latest developments? yes, that's right stop _ latest developments? yes, that's right stop he - latest developments? yes, that's right stop he was - that's right stop he was working with —— he was talking about a ceasefire may be within hours yesterday. what has transpired has been more violence, more hostilities, more death and destruction across the lebanese border. within across t