encouraging every last vote. european leaders congratulate maia sandu, as moldova's pro eu president claims victory in the country's run off election. prince william arrives in cape town to present this year's global environmental award the earthshot prize. hello, welcome to bbc news now, three hours of fast moving news, interviews and reaction. barcelona's main airport has diverted dozens of flights because of torrential rain hitting the area. water has entered some areas of the airport, including terminal one. the severe weather has also led to rail services being suspended and motorways being flooded. the spanish weather service has issued a "red alert" for the region. 217 people have lost their lives across the region. these are the pictures we have just had it in from the airport in barcelona. we now know that 217 people died during last

weekflooding in valencia. spain's civil guard says it has deployed more staff to help as rescuers focused their search on inundated garages to find bodies on monday. a british couple who disappeared when spain was hit by flash flooding have been found dead in their car. authorities in spain say they fear many people might still be missing. these are the worst floods in spain in generations. our correspondent bethany bell has this latest report. the clean—up operation goes on and on. furniture, mattresses and people's personal belongings ruined in the floodwaters. and the disaster has claimed so many lives. among the dead are this british couple — don turner, who is 78, and his wife terri, who was 7a.

they moved to spain ten years ago. they went missing on tuesday when the floods hit. on saturday, their bodies were found in their car. we still don't know exactly what happened to them. you know, the only thing we've got from this is that they were together. but then, erm, it's not the way you want your parents to go. almost a week after the flooding, streets and buildings are still clogged with mud. the government has deployed thousands of soldiers, emergency workers and police in what it calls the biggest peacetime deployment in spain's recent history. but many here say it's simply not enough, so they're out in force, trying to lend a hand. more and more volunteers are arriving to help with the clean—up. over the past few days, i've seen thousands of people

who've told me they felt compelled to come here, and they're angry with the authorities. it's dirty and difficult work. it seems like an apocalypse, really. like, for a first—world country to be like this. but yeah, just disappointed, really, in how everything is being organised. it destroys you, you know, because, you know, the people there don't have the same resources as you. and they are sleeping on wet floors, you know? and it breaks you. the search for the missing continues. it's still not clear how many are unaccounted for. and there are fears the death toll will rise. bethany bell, bbc news, valencia.

we arejoined now we are joined now by: we arejoined now by: stone, who lives 15 minutes away from that flooded underground car park. a very good to see you, it must be awful. as we sit and wait and see what people, the rescuers discover in that car park. rescuers discover in that car ark. , , rescuers discover in that car ark, , , ., , rescuers discover in that car ark. , , . , ., park. yes, it is a very long process- _ park. yes, it is a very long process. because - park. yes, it is a very long process. because there i park. yes, it is a very long | process. because there are park. yes, it is a very long - process. because there are 5700 spaces down there and i think they have... the last i heard, midday today, they have only got to 110 cars, so far they have not found any bodies but there must be some down there. and they have got divers working down there, they are pumping it... there is 200 million l of water in there, which they are pumping out at 2 million l per hour. that is still five days worth of pumping. still five days worth of pumping-— still five days worth of --umin~. ~ ., , pumping. was your house affected by _ pumping. was your house affected by the _ pumping. was your house affected by the flooding? | pumping. was your house - affected by the flooding? the actual house, _ affected by the flooding? the actual house, no, _ affected by the flooding? tie: actual house, no, but affected by the flooding? tte: actual house, no, but our driveway was completely washed

away. it left us cut off. but we have managed to temporarily repair that, so we can actually get out if you need to. bud repair that, so we can actually get out if you need to. and we saw pictures — get out if you need to. and we saw pictures yesterday - get out if you need to. and we saw pictures yesterday when l get out if you need to. and we l saw pictures yesterday when the king and queen or in the region. a huge amount of anger and frustration directed at them. how do you feel about how them. how do you feel about how the authorities have handled things? the authorities have handled thins? ., the authorities have handled thins? . ., , things? yeah, well, at first there was _ things? yeah, well, at first there was a _ things? yeah, well, at first there was a gap _ things? yeah, well, at first there was a gap in - things? yeah, well, at first there was a gap in the - things? yeah, well, at first . there was a gap in the warning in the first place. so, the met office gave this red alert and 0ffice gave this red alert and the local authority did not give an alert to people, not to go to work. until 12 hours later, by which time most of them were coming home and caught in the flooding. and then there has been this delay and deployment of troops and police, and obviously at the beginning there were whole areas cut off by these walls of cars. literally 12 or 13 feet

high. absolutely crazy. so, they could not get to places. but when they could they were still very, they were not very visible on the ground. so there is a lot of anger and of the anchor yesterday i think was not directed so much at the king and queen, well, obviously they are figures of the state, but really directed at the prime minister of spain and the head of the valencia community. they were there but they were taken out of the equation pretty quickly. with very bad damage to their car and the king and queen were left to face the brunt of it. we king and queen were left to face the brunt of it.- face the brunt of it. we are closely watching _ face the brunt of it. we are closely watching barcelona | closely watching barcelona because there is torrential rain and a red alert there at the moment, problems at the airport where some water has made it into the airport terminals. some of the train services have been postponed, cancelled, motorways are flooded. so there is focus now on catalonia. in valencia, how long do you feel and do people feel it is going to take to

recover from this?- feel it is going to take to recover from this? well, it is auoin to recover from this? well, it is going to take _ recover from this? well, it is going to take a _ recover from this? well, it is going to take a very - recover from this? well, it is going to take a very long - recover from this? well, it is l going to take a very long time. i mean, we have been told that the fast train to madrid will not be running for at least three weeks. the local train service, our tunnels here are just loaded with boulders to the roof. there are hundred and 20 roads closed full of wreckage or washed away, 16 of which are 80 ones. 0ne quite interesting thing is that we are very close to the junction of the a3, which is the valencia to madrid motorway, and the a7, which is the barcelona motorway, which goes right to the south, to almeria and to where all the vegetables grow. there are at the moment 14,000 grow. there are at the moment 111,000 trucks stuck on the a7, and 8000 on the a3. a lot of those are full of food that

would normally be going to the supermarkets of northern europe. and it isjust spoiling. europe. and it is 'ust spoilingfi europe. and it is 'ust spoiling. that is really interesting _ spoiling. that is really interesting to - spoiling. that is really interesting to hear- spoiling. that is really i interesting to hear some spoiling. that is really - interesting to hear some of those details that we have not heard before. thank you very much forjoining us. we are thinking of all of you in the coming days. quinchones one of the most versatile producers in post war popular music has died at the age of 91. quinchones rose from poverty in chicago's south side to the very heights of show business, touring with count basie, and arranging records for frank sinatra and ella fitzgerald. in the eighties, he was the producer behind michaeljackson's thriller album, the biggest selling pop album of all time. lizo mzimba looks back at his life. music: soul bossa nova by quinchones. in his career of close to 3,000 songs soul bossa nova is perhaps quintessential quincy. ladies and gentlemen, mr quinchones. this is where the movie gets its mojo, baby. mwah! groovy. from the start, he racked up the musical milestones.

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to two then—unknown performers oprah winfrey... i had to fight my daddy. i had to fight my uncles. ..and whoopi goldberg. this life be over soon. but it was music where he excelled. as well as the grammys, being recognised by the emmys, the tonys and the oscars. mr quincy jones. quinchones, one of the greatest artists of the last three—quarters—of—a—century. music: soul bossa nova by quinchones the legend quincy the legend quinchones, who has died at the age of 91. we are going to take you straight to spain now, a press conference with emergency services they're updating us on what is happening with the rescue and recovery efforts in valencia and the rain that is battering barcelona right now. translation: i would also like

to stress that it is notjust those 7800 troops from all of the armed forces that i have mentioned. the armed forces that i have mentioned-— the armed forces that i have mentioned. �* . . , mentioned. but there are many more peeple — mentioned. but there are many more people working _ mentioned. but there are many more people working on - mentioned. but there are many more people working on this. i more people working on this. the army has 5000 soldiers working right now to give logistical support, at maintenance centres, supply centres as well as the air force and the navy. so, the real data of those involved, i can tell you, will be 7800 troops as of this evening, but there are far more people, we are offering all of this capacity and many others that may be required at all times to help the people of valencia and those affected in the 69

municipalities in the province to stop and just to give you graphic view of how we are working, in this area, i would like to show you a map. and i am going to speak in military terms now, simply so that you can perfectly understand what we have been doing and what we are doing, as you can see, there are four areas. zaragoza, valencia, and these are battalions that come from those cities and autonomous communities. as i said, 7800 members of the armed forces. we have people we now have a control point in valencia. and as you can see on the map,

there are the 69 affected municipalities, you can imagine, any of you who have links to valencia, and the regional government, we are very in close cooperation with them. notjust now but every year. because our work entails bringing together all of the regions so that when there are problems like there is right now, things work well. we have gathered data on how many towns have been damaged and to what extent the initial information we gathered is this list that you see here of towns that are affected. you can see on the bottom part of that map some weren't affected, and as i said this is information that comes from the community of valencia. and you can see the buildings

that were damaged that we needed to check and we got down to that straightaway, can i see my next slide please? you can see the colour coding there showing the ongoing operations right now in each town. and you can see that as the operation has progressed we are making progress with that work and in addition to those towns where we are working, these 69 towns, as i said, we have been there from the start, we are still there and perhaps this will be something that you ask, if you want the snapshot of what we are doing, it would be impossible to give you that right now because we are answering every request that comes into us. we are receiving calls from the autonomous community itself, from the mayors, from local residents

there. we answer every single call and we make sure that somebody is sent straight to that person so that we have total mobility, which is extremely complex. because we are working in an area where there is total devastation of infrastructure, you can imagine how difficult it is to mobilise 7800 troops in such conditions. please believe me, i have been there, i have been on the ground, i have seen the areas that are most damaged, i have been speaking to people there, listening to them, hugging them, and the devastation is awful. such that mobility is restricted. so this is very complex and it requires two things we must be disciplined and we must be patient. i know

thatis and we must be patient. i know that is hard. because pain and emotion means that is not easy. but with that feeling of solidarity with those people i ask you to understand that these 7800 troops are doing everything we can come up we are working overtime, everything we can come up we are working overti