deep in the amazon basin, it was ha rd to deep in the amazon basin, it was hard to reach before.as told the people of gibraltar that the uk would never allow it to slip from british control against their will. in a telephone call aimed at reassuring gibraltar about its future after brexit, theresa may said britain was steadfast in its commitment. here's our political correspondent iain watson. legend has it when the apes leave gibraltar, the british will not be far behind. they are still here. but the residents who want to remain british are worried that the spanish government could soon have more say over their lives. the eu have said that after brexit london will have to top directly to spain about the territory's future. another woman prime minister sent a task force halfway across the world to protect another small group of british people against another spanish—speaking country. but do not panic. four days after triggering the brexit process there is no seediest talk of conflict within nato ally. spain seems more interested in talking about trade than seizing territory. the

deep in the amazon basin, mocoa was hard to reach before.ds and bridges washed away, the challenge is even greater. richard lister, bbc news. the prime minister has told the people of gibraltar that the uk would never allow it to slip from british control against their will. in a telephone call aimed at reassuring gibraltar about its future after brexit, theresa may said britain was steadfast in its commitment. here's our political correspondent iain watson. legend has it, when the barbary apes leave gibraltar, the british won't be far behind. well, they are still here, but the 30,000 human residents of the rock who want to remain british are worried that the spanish government could soon have more say over their lives. the eu has said that after brexit, london will have to talk directly to spain about the territory's future. a former conservative leader said the uk's commitment to gibraltar would be no different than its commitment to the falklands. another woman prime minister sent a task force halfway across the world to protect another s

deep in the amazon basin, mocoa was hard to reach before. roads and bridges washed away, the challenge is even greater. richard lister, bbc news. dimitri o'donnell is in bogota and we can talk to him now about the current situation. thank you forjoining us. tell us what you are hearing about the latest attempts to find survivors. well, the rescue operation is well underway at this stage in place—macro and the priority remains the search and rescue operation to pull people alive from the wreckage and that will remain the case for the next 48 hours. as you can imagine ona the next 48 hours. as you can imagine on a disaster of this scale, said to be the worst natural disaster in colombia since 1994, the machinery of the state has been fully deployed to place—macro by president santos. 1300 personnel are in the town, the city right now, which includes army, police personnel, civil defence, airforce personnel, civil defence, airforce personnel and they are all coordinating their efforts to try to get to those people who most need it. there are st

getting help to people living deep within the amazon basin is not easy.bian capital, bogota, who donated these supplies hope they get there. troops and children work side—by—side to try to get relief to the injured. translation: the situation in a disaster area is very bad. we can feel the anxieties, even here in bogota. we feel it is everyone's responsibility to help in the disaster area because the number of casualties and missing people is huge, and many families are looking for missing relatives. the colombian president has visited the area. critics say he should have done more to protect it from heavy rainfall amid concerns about climate change. last night in a televised address he promised his government would support the victims and pay for the cost of funerals. translation: i know the loved ones lost are irreplaceable. the pain will stay with us forever but it is possible to mitigate it. it is possible to recuperate. it is possible to overcome the tragedy. hope as possible. we will dedicate ourselves to bringing hope back to mocoa. dozens of child

deep in the amazon basin, mocoa was hard to reach before. and bridges washed away, the challenge is even greater. richard lister, bbc news. president trump says the united states would be prepared to act alone to counter the nuclear threat from north korea. speaking to the financial times newspaper, mr trump said: north korean missile tests are expected to be high on the agenda in talks later this week with his chinese counterpart, xijinping. i spoke with james person from washington's public policy think tank the wilson center and asked him what he made of president trump's comments. president trump's statement is in many ways trying to get china to step up its game a bit before president xi's upcoming visit to washington. we have long overstated china's ability to exercise political influence over north korea. there is no doubt that china today has greater leverage over north korea because of its economic assistance to the country. but china has different influence on the peninsula and it is not willing to use that leverage to bring north

deep in the amazon basin, mocoa was hard to reach before. and bridges washed away, the challenge is even greater. richard lister, bbc news. earlier i spoke to lina garcia, a co—ordinator from the colombian red cross, about the latest developments in the search and rescue operation. the colombian red cross has deployed 149 volunteers and employees in order to attend the emergency. up until now, the official information given by the colombian government is 210 corpses found. 112 corpses have already been identified. we have 266 wounded. 300 families have actually been affected by the emergency and approximately 220 missing persons. the colombian red cross has a service called restoring family links and up to now, we have had 326 persons requesting this service. up to now, we have been able to close nine of the 326 cases of restoring family links. while us, as the colombian red cross, the services we are providing to our communities are health services, psychosocial support, as i said already, restoring family links. we are supporting the gover

deep in the amazon basin, mocoa was hard to reach before. roads and bridges washed away, the challenge is even greater. richard lister, bbc news. our other top story — police in pakistan say at least 20 people have been killed by the custodian of a sufi shrine close to the pakistani city of sargodha in the province of punjab. the victims are said to have been his spiritual disciples. secunder kermani reports from islamabad. a place of worship turns to a scene of horror. followers of a local saint were reportedly drugged, then beaten to death at this shrine. 20 bodies were brought to hospital late last night, after four people managed to escape and raised the alarm. the killer is believed to be this man, abdul waheed, the custodian of the shrine, arrested by police along with two alleged compasses. translation: the three accused, who are under arrest, invited the disciples to the shrine. as they kept arriving, they were torturing and murdering them. in islamabad, mourners gathered to pay their respects at the home of one of the victims, asif

. >> reporter: devastation and despair tonight deep in the amazon basin. rescue crews frantically digging through the muddy rubble trying to locate anyone who may still be alive, listening for sings of life. one feels completely unable to express the magnitude of the loss here, this man said, family members weeping over lists posted of mocoa's dead and missing children. we've lost a baby who's gone missing, this woman says. a little baby. we can't find him any where. the scale of the destruction from the avalanche of mud and water, staggering. cars flung like toys, entire neighborhoods buried. the death toll tonight, at least 200, but with hundreds more still missing and injured, colombian and aid officials expect it to grow. with water and power knocked out, obliterated roads and bridges hindering aid efforts, people trapped in flooded homes making desperate pleas to be rescued. >> it is very difficult because many people do not have the skills to let us know they're there. >> reporter: deforestation and climate change are being blamed for the scale of th

deep in the amazon basin, mocoa was hard to reach before.challenge is even greater. richard lister, bbc news. lucia garcia is a co—ordinator for the colombian red cross and shejoins me now via webcam. thank you forjoining us. such a huge loss of life so far in mocoa. the hope is that we will find some survivors. what hope is there? on behalf of the colombian red cross, we wa nt behalf of the colombian red cross, we want to express our thanks for the concerned that the international community has had for this emergency. the colombian red cross has deployed 145 volunteers and employees in order to attend the emergency. up until now, the official information given by the colombian government is 210 corpses found. 112 have already been identified. we have 266 wounded, 300 families have been affected by the emergency and approximately 220 missing persons. the colombian red cross has a service called restoring family links and up till now, we have had 326 persons requesting this service. up till now, we have been able to close nine of the 326 case

deep in the amazon basin, mocoa was hard to reach before. bridges washed away, the challenge is even greater. richard lister, bbc news. eight people are being questioned by police after an attack on a 17—year—old asylum seeker at a bus stop in south london. the teenager, who's kurdish iranian, remains seriously ill in hospital after being subjected to what police called a ‘savage‘ attack. simonjones reports. he was waiting for a bus on friday night but the 17—year—old, a kurdish iranian, was approached by a group of eight people, according to the police. they asked where he was from. he said he was an asylum seeker. at that point, the police say, the group started chasing the 17—year—old, who was with a couple of friends, away from the bus stop, down this street and around the corner, where the attack took place. he suffered several blows to the head. kana varathan heard the screams. normally, the friday night, they are always making noise. then it sounded really funny. then looking out the window, the group of people beating one person. som

getting help to people living deep within the amazon basin is not easy.et there. troops and children work side—by—side to try to get relief to the injured. translation: the situation in a disaster area is very bad. we can feel the anxieties, even here in bogota. we feel it is everyone's responsibility to help in the disaster area because the number of casualties and missing people is huge, and man—made —— many families are looking for missing relatives. the colombian president has visited the area. critics say he should have done more to protect it from heavy rainfall amid concerns about climate change. last night in a televised address you promised his government would support the victims and pay for the cost of funerals. —— he promised. translation: i know the loved ones lost re replaceable. the pain will stay with us forever but it is possible to mitigate it. it is possible to recuperate. it is possible to overcome the tragedy. hope as possible. we will dedicate ourselves to bringing hope back to mocoa. dozens of children are among the dead. for these

historically, these jaguars roamed from the southwest united states down through the amazon basin, all way to argentina. scientists estimate this big cat now occupies less than half of its original range because of habitat loss and poaching. there may be fewer than 50,000 breeding adults left. >> if there's an impermeable barrier, we are losing the opportunity to have the third largest cat in the world recover its populations in the united states. jaguars deserve an opportunity to live in this place too. >> the coronado national memorial is considered a critical habitat zone-- meaning it would normally be protected by the endangered species act. >> brangham: but congress wanted the fence built quickly. in 2005, it allowed the department of homeland security to bypass all environmental laws during construction, including the requirement to study what this fence would do to wildlife. congressman rob bishop, republican from utah, thinks those exemptions aren't enough. he's introduced legislation that would extend those legal waivers to border patrol agents who do have to obey environmenta

. >> reporter: devastation and depair deep in the amazon basin.g through the muddy rubble trying to locate anyone who may be alive, listening for signs of life. >> translator: one feels unable to express the magnitude of loss here this man said. >> reporter: family members weeping over lists of the dead and missing children. >> translator: we have lost a baby who has gone missing this woman said. a little baby, we can't find him anywhere. the scale of the destruction from the avalanche of mud and water staggering. cars flung like toys entire neighborhoods buried. the death toll at least 200. but with hundred more still missing and injured. colombian and aid officials expect it to grow. with water and power knocked out.dg hindering aid efforts. people trapped in flooded homes making desperate pleas to be rescued. >> it is very difficult because many people do not have the surviving skills to let nice that they're there. >> reporter: deforestation and climate change blamed for scale of destruction. state of emergency declared. in the area. and more

getting help to people living deep within the amazon basin is not easy.children work side—by—side to try to get relief to the injured. translation: the situation in a disaster area is very bad. we can feel the anxieties, even here in bogota. we feel it is everyone's responsibility to help in the disaster area because the number of casualties and missing people is huge, and many families are looking for missing relatives. the colombian president has visited the area. critics say he should have done more to protect it from heavy rainfall amid concerns about climate change. last night in a televised address he promised his government would support the victims and pay for the cost of funerals. translation: i know the loved ones lost re replaceable. the pain will stay with us forever but it is possible to mitigate it. it is possible to recuperate. it is possible to overcome the tragedy. hope as possible. we will dedicate ourselves to bringing hope back to mocoa. dozens of children are among the dead. for these survivors at a makeshift soup kitchen, food, drink

deep in the amazon basin, mocoa was hard to reach before.with roads and bridges washed away, the challenge is even greater. richard lister, bbc news. earlier, i spoke with dimitri o'donnell, a journalist in bogota who's following this story, and who gave me this update. president sandals has returned to mocoa in the last couple of hours and released the latest official figures from the grief stricken region, saying 207 people are now confirmed dead. they have identified 85 bodies, 43 of whom are children. there are still more than 300 people missing and 400 people are reported injured. there's a big team of estate agencies in mocoa right now —— state agencies. 1200 at the last count including the army, police, navy, civil defence and the red cross and they are doing all to