>> visits 10:00 p.m. here in the french capital and here are the stories making headlines. in libya, at least 10,000 people are missing after devastating floods. mediterranean storms slammed into the nation's coast, breaching dams with torrents of water, wiping away entire neighborhoods. in morocco, the death toll from friday's massive earthquake has risen to 2900, and many villagers are expressing frustration that they are still waiting for help 4 days after the quake struck. the north korean leader has arrived in russia to meet with

vladimir putin. western officials are expressing concerns that the two leaders could make a deal on an exchange of weapons as russia wages war in ukraine. coming up in our business report, some are calling it the trial of the century. an antitrust court in the u.s. is hearing a case against google that accuses the tech giant of running an illegal monopoly. also coming up this half-hour, apple has just unveiled the newest version of its iphone. the iphone 15 supports a new, improved camera and comes in a variety of new colors, but one of the biggest changes was prompted by regulators here in europe. we will explain. ♪ hi, everyone. thanks for joining us here on

france 24. we begin in libya where the scale of devastating floods is hard to fathom. the country's health minister, a spokesman of the government in western libya, says he expects the death toll could reach 10,000 people. at least 2000 bodies have already been recovered, and thousands of others remain missing. the tragedy comes after the storm slammed into libya's coast with storm waters wiping away whole neighborhoods. two dams upstream were breached and the torrents of water swept away entire buildings into the sea. we get more on that from charli james. >> one quarter of the city completely washed away. thousands of residents killed when dams outside the city collapsed, unleashing a wall of water. witnesses say it erased everything in its path. >> dams collapsed and caused water to cascade into the city

itself. three bridges collapsed completely, and water sprayed inside the neighborhoods, but there are entire neighborhoods that moved to the sea. >> the destruction caused by mediterranean storm daniel after devastating parts of greece, bulgaria, and turkey, daniel pounded eastern libya's coast sunday night. >> i saw a man carried away by water who just past my house. i don't know if he is hanging onto that car or if he has gone far away. >> a state of emergency has been announced, but it is slow and arduous work for the rescue teams. emergency crews have recovered hundreds of bodies, and several aid workers have died, but the rival politics of postwar libya makes the challenge even more difficult. the eastern libyan regime backed by russia is not internationally recognized, and its public service and hospital system have been weakened by years of conflict. >> these are hard and painful

times. the number of affected people is very big. the damage is huge. it is hard to describe or measure it. >> the tripoli-based national unity government says it will send all assistance possible to the east and has requested international help. bitterly, egypt, and turkey among the nations already answering that call, sending aid and rescue teams. >> the storm that caused all this devastation is described by meteorologists as a mega cane. >> the tropical-like cyclone that occasionally forms in the mediterranean sea, so let me show you what a medicane looks like. just like a hurricane, the clouds swirled around an

eye-like structure in the center, and that's the most powerful part of the hurricane. medicanes are not as powerful as hurricanes because they are geographically confined to the mediterranean sea, surrounded by land, so they are not as strong. they received more quickly. they are smaller, but that, of course, does not mean that cannot be deadly, as we have seen in the footage before. they bring heavy rainfall, strong wind, and flooding. this began with storm daniel, as you were saying, the storm that wreaked havoc in greece, bulgaria, and turkey last week. this storm as a result of what you are seeing here behind me, a rare weather pattern, a mega block consisting of big high-pressure area there in the middle sandwiched between two

areas with low pressure and rainy, so this is what created storm daniel, and now storm daniel essentially transformed into this medicane moving towards the south, as you can see in satellite images, from building up in the mediterranean and shifting towards the south in libya. the latest, of course, is that it has now moved on to egypt, although it has receded. >> valerie tells us that climate change does play a factor when it comes to these kinds of storms, making them both stronger and more frequent. we are following the effects of another natural disaster in morocco where relief efforts continue following a massive earthquake. the death toll from the 6.8-magnitude quake struck on friday has risen to 2900. in addition to the dead, some 5900 were injured. rescuers have struggled to reach

remote areas in the high atlas mountains where the quake was centered, and many villagers are expressing frustration that they are still waiting for help four days after the quake struck. we have a report from a remote village where he says survivors have been left to fend for themselves. >> the situation is the same as all too many such settlements in the region which were badly hit in morocco's earthquake. not a single building has been untouched with many showing deeply correct role -- deeply cracked walls and others collapsing entirely. many people here were lucky enough to survive. her father told us how he dug out his children, including a one and a half-year-old toddler, with his bare hands. aid here has been coming over drip feed, and even that exclusively arranged by

volunteers. the mountains are cold at night. rain is due this week with winter looming in the next one or two months leaving the people here and in other villages confused over government action. >> meanwhile, france, the u.s., and germany have offered help and say they still have not received the green light from robot -- rabbit -- rabat to send supplies and assistance. switching gears to politics now, north korean leader kim jong-un has arrived in russia. he is there to meet with vladimir putin and is making the trip on board his own bulletproof train. footage released by russian state media showed the north korean leader stepping off his train onto a red carpet at a station in the far east of the

country before re-boarding and continuing on his trip. there is no official word yet on the exact time or location on the visit, but western officials are expressing concern that the two leaders could make a deal on an exchange of weapons. nick rushworth has the details. >> the north korean leader, kim jong-un, arrives in russia. he emerged from his heavily armored private train to meet russian officials. in what is his first international trip in over four years. the two leaders last met in 2019 in the eastern russian city of vladivostok. north korea-russian ties have been drawing closer since russia 's full-scale invasion of ukraine driven by mutual need. russia needs from north korea ammunition, shells, artillery, small arms, and probably manpower as well. soldiers.

north korea needs from russia money, food, and, most likely, high-tech military machines. washington warns that any arms deal between pyongyang and moscow could trigger u.s. sanctions. u.s. officials take him's visit is a sign of putin's desperation. >> having to travel across the length of his own country to meet with an international pariah to ask for assistance in a war that he expected to win in the opening months -- i would characterize it as him begging for assistance. >> if north korea decides to help moscow, analysts say the country has artillery shells and rockets based on soviet designs

that could go to the army. >> apple has just unveiled the newest version of its iphone. the iphone 15 sports a new, improved camera, is lighter than previous models, and comes in a variety of new colors, but one of the biggest changes was prompted by regulators here in europe. a new law requires phone manufacturers to adopt a common charge in connection by the end of next year, so apple has announced it is phasing out its lightning port cables that it introduced in 2012 and is now making future models compatible with usb-c chargers. for more on the story, we can bring in jennifer huddleston, a tech policy research fellow at the cato institute. thanks for being with us here at france 24. there's a lot of buzz on the blogs about the iphone 15's new colors, the camera, but this change of its charging connection is really a big story. would you consider this a win for regulators here in europe.

>> you can necessarily characterize it clearly as a win. one of the interesting things we are seeing is that there's this question of should regulators be in the business of product design, effectively. when it comes to charging, we have seen various innovations. we should want innovators to be the ones to make that decision about how best to charge their products, and in the future, there may be a bit of a backlash against this. we may see more of a rush to completely contact-only charging so companies get back to what they feel best works with their products. >> the push is to save consumers money and cut waste. do you think this change from apple accomplishes that? >> i think that what we have continued to see is that there is a much more regulatory

approach to technology, particularly when it comes to the american tech giants, the charger being one example of this. rather than having the government make these decisions, we should want consumers in the market to make these decisions. we might be missing out on various products that could simplify this in a better way than just having to comply with what specific law would require. his it's hard to know what we are going to miss out on because the government dictates as charging must be done this way. >> what about the price point of the iphone? i have an iphone x. i have resisted getting an update just because, you know, it is expensive. the 15 pro is selling for $900. is this new model really worth the investment? >> we continue to see a huge range of competition in the smartphone market. you have the people who will want the shiniest new phone the minute it comes out and will

always want the apple product. on the other hand, you have a lot of different options available. in android products, you continue to see a lot of competition amongst operating systems and consumers choosing different features that are important to them and trying to find that sweet spot of a price point that is important to them. for some people, it may be that camera quality is what is most important to them and they are examining different tones based -- different phones based on camera quality. in other cases, it may be certain cybersecurity features are the way they watch movies on their phones and that screen size. each consumer will have a different calculus of what makes it worth it for them. >> but do you think this is a significant improvement over the previous model? >> we are continuing to see improvements. we are continuing to see investments with each generation of new technology. i think we are seeing that this is a competitive market, and as

a result, large companies like apple, like google are having to continue to invest in improving their products to meet both consumer demand as well as to say -- to stay just generally competitive in this marketplace. >> tech policy research fellow at the cato institute, thanks very much for joining us here at france 24. >> thank you for having me. >> does this time to get an update from the world of business. we are going to stay on the subject of apple. a french government regulator has ordered the company to stop selling its iphone 12 model after discovering it emits too much electromagnetic radiation. >> it sounds scary. the agency that emits radio frequency says it tested 141 phones, including apple's iphone 12, and found that its level of f2 -- his level of electromagnetic energy that can be absorbed by the human body

exceeded regulatory levels. according to one french government official, and software update would be enough to address the problem. another major development surrounding a tech giant, and landmark antitrust trial against google has kicked off in washington, d.c. this involves 11 states three years ago of accusing the giant of a -- of abusing its market powers to maintain a monopoly over internet searches. >> google's lawyers arrived at this washington, d.c., courthouse on tuesday preparing for the biggest antitrust trial in a quarter of a century as the search engine powerhouse takes on the u.s. department of justice. in their opening statement, the doj said that google had exploited its dominance in order to freeze out competitors. >> this case is about the future of the internet and of google's

search engine will ever face meaningful competition. google illegally maintained a monopoly for more than a decade. >> google has signed deals with apple and other device manufacturers and software firms in order to be the default search engine. the department of justice are aiming to prove that google's 90% market share is due to an illegal monopoly. the giants have countered by arguing that it faces a wide range of competition from search engines such as microsoft's being and websites like amazon and yelp. >> people don't use google because they have no choice but because they want to. his it's easy to change the default search engine. on an iphone, it takes 4 taps. we are no longer in an age of cd-rom's. >> if google loses the trial, it could be forced to change its methods.

the company's partners could also pay the price. according to "the new york times" apple's contract with google represents up to 1/5 of its revenue every year. >> let's have a look at the day's market action. google's parent company alphabet is among stocks losing value today. apple losing in a possible sign at the launch of the iphone 15 failed to grab investors' attention. oil prices surged on tuesday to near 10-month highs as the producers of opec maintain forecast for stronger demand for this year and next. opec suppliers have been limiting supply since last year, and saudi arabia and russia recently decided to extend voluntary cuts through the end of the year.

the chief executive of british energy giant bp has stepped down with immediate effect after less than four years in office. bernard lune has acknowledged his failure to be transparent about relationships with colleagues. the chief financial is replacing him as interim ceo. poland's government says it will unilaterally keep a man on ukrainian grand in place if the eu does not extend the measure beyond its experience -- expiry on friday. since russia invaded ukraine, the eu has become a major transit route of ukrainian wheat, corn, and other products. this has sparked protests are farmers in countries near the border who complained about cheaper food flooding their domestic markets. earlier this year, brussels

agreed to ban the sale of ukrainian grain domestically and only allow its transit. those countries have been calling for an extension measure. poland in particular is sensitive about the issue ahead of next month's general election. let's take a listen to what the vice prime minister had to say earlier today. >> polish agriculture will have to be protected in a particular way when it comes to relations with ukraine. >> "we are ready to support ukraine during the war, during reconstruction. we want to participate in this reconstruction, but at the same time, we have to remember about our citizens, about our agriculture, about our farmers, and we will remember and i think our ukrainian friends should understand that." >> thanks so much. his it's time now for "truth or fake," our daily fact checking

segment. tonight, you are looking at recent claims that china deployed military equipment tanks near taiwan. what can you tell us? >> at least that's what this post wants you to believe as tensions continue to rise between china, taiwan, and the u.s. let's begin with this video that was shared on x since september 6, where we see a convoy of armored vehicles and tanks with a caption that reads, "china is mobilizing its military forces in the region of two cities located near taiwan." this video has already been shared over 2000 times on x. we have a second video right here that had almost one million views on x, also shared on september 6. where we see tanks being transported through a city on trucks pretending to show the deployment of chinese vehicles

in cities near taiwan, which according to many as china's response to the approval of an arms deal between taiwan and the u.s. as the u.s. did approve its first-ever military aid program to taiwan. >> they look convincing. what do we know about the origin of these videos? >> as we said, even though tensions are rising, these videos are not recent and have nothing to do with the current situation today. this first video we found published in british media in the evening -- by "the evening standard" published on august 2, 20 22. they report that this video was filmed in the fridge and province when china sent tanks to the region as nancy pelosi visited taiwan, and the second video also published on august second, 2022, published here on

twitter where this user claims that these are chinese tanks transported through the province. however, we cannot corroborate the information. we can only confirm that the video is not sent and dates back to at least august 2022. >> we know that china does regularly perform military exercises near taiwan. what do we make of this? >> it does indeed. that's why videos like this can be so confusing. here's a chart from afp that shows china regularly performs military exercises near taiwan. this chart dating back to at least 2020 and around august 22 when nancy pelosi visited taiwan . this chart as well as this one shows that china did indeed increase its military activity near taiwan as nancy pelosi visited taiwan as tensions continue through today with

taiwan saying that china is stepping up its military activity with warships and fighter plane activity around taiwan's coastline. >> timing is everything here, so it makes sense to look at this in terms of it being recent or not recent. thanks so much for squaring that a way for us. that is it for now. we are back with more world news after the break. stay with us. ♪ >> the history of our world is ever-changing. the flow of information is constantly increasing. we cover all subjects. we verify. we commit. on the ground in all circumstances to anticipate the future while understanding the present. we are with you 24 hours a day seven days a week. france 24 -- an alternative look at the news. >> liberte, egalite, actualite.

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