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narrator: funding was also provided by, the freeman foundation. and by judy and peter blum kovler foundation; pursuing solutions for america's neglecd needs. announcer: and now, "bbc news". >> it might reach 20. we don't have a different number right now, and number of missing people is hitting 10,000 persons. >> you can see the devastation, the destruction, and you can see a distinctive building. this l-shaped building here, which is a school. >> it is a state of chaos, i have to say. obviously rescue operations are underway, while people are trying to locate their family

members, not knowing whether they are alive or not. ♪ >> in libya, thousands are killed, caught in the flooding. we will have the latest on the damage. also on the program, new impeachment proceedings are starting in the united states. but this time, it is republicans bringing them against president biden. north korea's leader, kim jong-un, has arrived in russia to meet vladimir putin. they are expected to talk about an arms deal. what impact could that have on the war in ukraine? here in the u.k., female surgeons say they are being sexually harassed, sometimes around the operating theater. the royal college of surgeons say the findings are truly shocking. and we will also be talking about google later on in the

program. they are in court. welcome to the program. we are going to start in libya. the dreadful stories coming out of there, the flooding has been so far. the latest estimate, 10,000 people still missing. that is according to the red cross. let's take a look at some of the pictures of the flooding. and you can see the scale here of what is happening. that is the damage done after the waters receded. two dams have collapsed, which have caused a lot of the damage around darnell. the latest numbers we have are 2800 that are dead. let's look at this map. these cities are particularly badly affected there on the coast. let's take a look at the satellite images and show you the storm that has done this damage. this is a time lapse here.

you can see the weather system heading in. it did impact greece, lots of flooding and damage done in greece. . and there you see it finally reaching libya and carrying out some of the damage that we have seen. the latest numbers so far, 2800 dead. there have been lots of videos of the flooding on social media. and a foster has been wking with bbc verify team, looking at what we know israel. reporter: one of the really important and key ways we can work out what has happened in libya is using some of the video, some of the photos that have been on social media, t checking him. that is what the team at bbc verify have been doing. i want to take you not just to libya, but particularly to the east of the country. these are some of the cities that have been suffering from flooding. . in particular, this one is one that has been very badly affected. you can see here, the river tt

runs all the way down to the sea, and these two red blocks marked dams. this was holding a huge volume of water back from the population that live here. if you look at this video, this is one of the videos we have been able to verify on social media. the reason we know this is genuine is because it was posted on snap apps. you canee the water running through the streets. snap is one of those apps where you can work out where a video is filmed, because the location data is automatically uploaded, along with the video. similarly, here is another one. in this one, you can see the water, but also the aftermath, the devastation, the buildings that have been damaged, some of the water left behind, in the vehicles that have been picked up and thrown around by the flooding moved through the city. another really key part of what we are doing at bbc verify is using locations to prove what has been happening, and to authenticate some of the videos we are seeing.

this is an absolutely landmark building. this is the mosque. if you see here in this video, you will recognize that mosque. this time, you can see, look at the water gushing through the streets down here. and again, there is another video from a slightly different direction, but again, you can see the water moving through the streets. crucially, the mosque that is there, that shows us this area. . we want to know what happened after the floods moved out. nt can see here some of the devastation, the destruction. we can see the rubble lying in the streets. we can see the buildings that have been damaged. the way we know this is real, and this is the location we are talking about, as the camera looks around, there is that mosque again. geo-locating this video and showing us the area we are talking about. finally, we can do that with another landmark building. this particular video was filmed from the other side of the river. again, you can see the devastation.

you can see the destruction. and you can see a very distinctive building. this l-shaped building here, which is a school. if we move on to a satellite image of the same building, it is really distinctive and it shows down here what things looked like before the floods passed through. this is from google maps earlier this year. you can see the building, but look at the way the land has been carved away underneath that school. and it really gives you an idea of the power of that water and the destruction that has been brought in that area. one more video where we are talking about the dams. this area around the breached dam, our colleagues who have been watching the libyan media, are seeing reports about criticism of the upkeep. you can see there come a dam which has been breached. and again, this is something that i think politically will become even more important in the days and weeks that follow.

bbc verify looking constantly at these photos, these videos, using these specialized techniques to make sure we are always showingou what is real, showing you videos, images, things from the ground that you can trust so you know what the story is. >> as you can see, anna is here with me. let's pick up on the issue of trust and trying to get information. let's talk about the political situation in the country and how that will impact what has happened here. anna: in libya, it makes things harder. what you don't have in libya is a single unified functioning government. ever since the fall of gaddafi in 2011, libya has been in conflict. you have different factions that five for control. the reason that is relevant is there are two separate governments. one in the west, one in the east. this happened in the east of the country. it means when in any of the

story, we may talk about government numbers, statements, we might talk about the authorities. we will assume that was a position that was entirely trustworthy. in the case of libya, we need to be more careful. the eastern authorities are not the internationally recognized government. therefore, we take that information, we look at when we are getting from the ground. we talk to our contacts and we put those things together to be able to bring an accurate picture. and perhaps a different way than we might do with other countries. official lines and numbers. >> thank you very much for that. next, i want to bring you some breaking news that we are getting in here. the head of bp, bernard looney, has resigned. it follows an investigation into what has been described as a small number of historical relationships with colleagues, prior to becoming ceo.

just to repeat that breaking news, the head of bp has resigned after an investigation into what is being described as a small number of historical relationships with colleagues prior to becoming ceo. next, let's head to the u.s. and impeachment. this time, it is the republicans who have launched an inquiry into u.s. president joe biden. the most senior republican in u.s. congress is kevin mccarthy. he says his party has uncovered what he called serious and credible corruption allegations linked to mr. biden's son, hunter biden. no evidence has been presented. let's take a listen. >> that's why today, i am directing our house committee to open a formal impeachment inquiry into president joe biden. this logical next step will give our committees the full power to gather all of the facts, and

answers for the american public. that is exactly what we want to know. the answers. i beeve the president would want to answer these questions and allegations as wel i would encourage the president and his team to fully cooperate with this investigation in the interest of transparency. we are committed to getting the answers for the american public. nothing more, nothing less. we will go wherever the evidence takes us. >> let's go live to our north american correspondent, john daly. talk us through what was said there. reporter: we heard the sense of what was being said. it revolves around allegations that republican supporters often make around joe biden, and the knowledge he did or did not have about his son's is in his dealings overseas. the one they tend to focus on is his consultancy with a company in ukraine, around 2014. at that point, joe biden was

vice president under barack obama. he had a role in tackling significant correction in ukraine in that time. the allegations are set out by kevin mccarthy. he has a few key reasons why this is an exercise in political futility. the first problem he has is with the math. no president has ever been successfully removed. three have been impeached. . we have had andrew johnson in 1868. bill clinton in 1998. we were number the monica lewinsky affair. then don out -- then donald trump twice impeached. the problem you have is you needed a majority of republicans in congress to support. that would have been 218 votes. kevin mccarthy 11 days ago said he would not refer to a formal impeachment inquiry unless he achieved those 218 votes. it is a bit of a u-turn, because he has unilaterally decided to make this referral.

and he is relying on three republican led, now completed subcommittee inquiries from the oversight committee, judiciary, and ways and means. that found no conclusive evidence that anything wrong had happened. republicans argue this is about investigating the facts. even if the inquiry recommends impeachment, even if congress and the representatives vote to impeach, the upper chamber, the center, democratic-controlled, 51-49 republicans would have to vote to impeach by a majority of two thirds of the maths are there on his side. the fact that the previous inquiries have not found conclusive evidence that anything had happened, easy to question what will be different. the third problem he has is like his predecessor, the democratic party speaker, nancy pelosi, these are not impartial observers. these are highly partisan

people. in the same way that they say the department of justice has been weaponized to prosecute, they argue, the former president, the biden administration are now saying kevin mccarthy is being used as what they call a super surrogate to interfere with the election campaign. it might sound familiar, it might sound tit-for-tat. >> thank you for that. in the u.k., a major analysis of nhs staff has found female surgeons say they are being sexually harassed, assaulted, and in some cases, raised by colleagues. researchers sent out questionnaires and compiled a report based on the findings, being published in the british journal of surgery. they had over 1400 responses, half of which were women. 63% have been the target of sexual harassment from colleagues. 30% said they had been sexually assaulted by a colleague.

and the report found 11 incidents of rape were reported. here is one retired surgeon's experience. >> it was the fact that no one else in the room did anything. this was apparently ok behavior. and i had to public with it. and when your brain kicks in, thinking, this is not right, you can't do anything because it is a patient that is awake on the table. their life depends on the operation going smoothly. afterwards, so many times i wanted to speak up, but as a trainee surgeon, your career depends on that man or woman harassing you, letting you operate, giving you operating time, saying you have reached all the competencies. that fear of whistleblowing and calling them out, and then stopping you operating, rumor spreading that you are a difficult person to work with, was fear enough to stop me from doing anything. >> get more on this from our health correspondent in our newsroom. it is the reaction to this --

what is the reaction to this? >> reaction has been one of shock. the royal college of surgeons who, as a body that all surgeons belong to, said it was shocking. the nhs said it made her very difficult reading. the bit -- the british medical association was furious and talked about the hope that this may be a me to moment. they have done a lot of research in the past. they knew th issue existed and they welcomed the information that came out today. widespread anger and shock. and a lot of people really asking why this has not changed, because the issue has been raised over many years, why it has not been changed or challenged. the general medical council that regulates doctors and investigates doctors also asking questions that -- but all of them saying things will change.

i guess the question is why things have not changed? and all of these bodies are actually responsible for these kinds of complaints, and this kind of behavior. so they all bear some responsibility. >> is there any sense levels of competence that things can change? >> this idea that this could be a need to moment, and the fact that so many bodies have come out at once, this is a very substantial, the biggest survey of its kind to try to get into the detail to find out how widespread sexual misconduct is in the surgical profession. hopefully, nhs england, also critical of this news from the department of health and social care is critical. they can't all speak up and do nothing. there is certainly a hope -- one representative said they hoped to see an end to the kind of behavior that so many trains,

often they are trainees, have suffered in surgical theaters and around that by their often senior colleagues. >> thank you very much for that. around the world and across the u.k., this is "bbc news." now to some of the other day's news. the budget retailer has announced it will take on the leases of up to 71 wilco stores. it is expected to convert shops to the pound land brand, and offer roles for wilco staff. a judge in pakistan has ruled the five children found with the grandfather of sarah will be sent temporarily to a government childcare facility in the country. 10-year-old sarah wasound dead at a house in england last month. the children had traveled to pakistan from the u.k. with sarah's father, stepmother, and uncle. u.k.'s biggest chain is putting

up its prices during peak hours. stonegate, which ones yates bars, will add 20 p2 the price of a pint in busy periods. it's is the dynamic pricing will under -- will cover increasing costs. you are live with bbc news. north korea's leader, kim jong-un, has arrived in russia. he is going to meet vladimir putin, but don't quite know when or where. he is expected soon. look at these pictures. this is kim jong-un crossing the border in that bullet proof train. here he is arriving at the border town. he got a warm welcome. let's take a listen. ♪ >> the band playing.

but of course, he did undertake some meetings there. this is right at the border. then he traveled on words. let's look at the map, see where this is happening. kim jong-un left pyongyang, the capital of north korea, and headed up north towards russia. we just saw him in those pictures there in that border town. then we move on toward where vladimir putin already is. that is around 200 kilometers from the north korean border. where will they actually meet? we don't quite know. possibly a space center. these pictures are from a previous meeting. this is kim's first trip in four years. this is back in 2019. this current trip, when it happens, the kremlin says it will strengthen the friendship between the two countries. . the u.s. is saying russia wants to buy north korean ammunition. let's pick through all of that

and speato jean lee, a former pm -- a former pyongyang correspondent, and presenter of a bbc, podcast thank you for coming on the program. we are expecting this meeting pretty soon at some point. what do you think they will be talking about? >> what we are going to hear officially is they will talk about their traditional friendship. and cooperation. i don't think we will get details about any illicit deals that they will be making. perhaps we will hear about food aid russia will be providing. what we are concerned about is what will really happen behind closed doors, and whether that deal includes an exchange of information that could include technical know-how to help north korea advance its weapons program. possibly in exchange for ammunition and weaponry that russia sorely needs to prolong its campaign in ukraine. >> let's focus on that for a

moment. if that does happen, what kind of supplies, what kind of difference could that make to russia's war effort? >> what it indicates is perhaps they are struggling to get the supplies they need for a conflict that has dragged on longer than vladimir putin expected. and that they have fewer sources for those supplies that they had anticipated with north korea. this is a country that did in the past invest in conventional weaponry with soviet support. it is quite possible they have them unit should that would fit this battleground fight. and they are also perhaps willing to violate un security council resolutions that prohibit that type of weapons deal. we do know north korea has in the past and engaged -- in the

past engaged with weapons illegal trade with other countries. there is a history to that. and in exchange for the right weapons or information to help its interest, it is possible kim jong-un is willing to make that kind of an exchange in violation of un security council resolutions. >> interesting. let's talk about kim jong-un, and the training he is traveling on. it has taken a lot of people who are interested in this. he is making this journey up. am i right in saying that you have been on it? >> i have not been on that train. i have been on a special train in his fleet. i don't want to mislead you there. >> we are seeing a picture of you sitting on a train. talk to us about this train. >> yes, it was a special vip train that took me to one of the rocket launch pads.

very luxurious in comparison to your average north korean train. i'm not sure which pictures you are looking at. we were very well treated, and it does take you through the starkly devastated country side of north korea. and the thing i remember is at night, there was not a single light in that entire countryside . i have seen the trains that the leaders father and grandfather used in their travel. very similar trains. and these are literally moving palaces. they are outfitted to the hills for north korea. very well outfitted. you can imagine this is like kim jong-un taking a little mobile house with him as he goes on his travels. very comfortable. very secure. kerry private. and i will say that anyone who

sees this trains in north korea, it harkens back and reminds them to the father and grandfather who made similar trips through this region. i am looking at a magazine that i have right now for north korea of his father making a trip through the very se region on a very similar train. >> fascinating. those little details of these kind of things that do hold people's interest. of course, the big issue is what this all means strategicly, geopolitically, for the relations between north korea and russia. this clearly, this meeting will strengthen those ties. that was the kremlin. . line. we mentioned ukraine. but outside ukraine, what difference does it make to the world if there is a strong relationship between vlamir putin and russia and north korea? >> the potential of this kind of arrangement, helping russia in

the war in ukraine, certainly brought -- certainly draws attention. we are looking at those for those of us wristed, this is his first foray outside the country after self-imposed isolation. i really want that country to open up because the people are desperately in need of food and medicine. it is certainly worrying that the first thing he does when he goes abroad is to make and it -- make and underline the point that he wants to strengthen relationships with russia and in particular, strengthen military cooperation. because what kim jong-un has been doing over the past four years is to beef up his weapons program. ballistic missiles and nuclear weapons, again, in violation of security council resolution. when we are watching for is whether they have this meeting at the space center in the far. that is a region that also has traditional significance for the north koreans. kim jong-un can go there and

say, this is where my grandfather got his start as a young soldier. but also it means they might use space as a pretext for working together, but that technology also helps ballistic missiles. >> narrator: funding for this presentation of this program is provided by... narrator: financial services firm, raymond james. narrator: funding was also provided by, the freeman foundation. and by judy and peter blum kovler foundation; pursuing solutions for america's neglected needs. ♪ ♪

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