benghazi? absolutely, we have a sub-office in _ benghazi?-office in benghazi, _ benghazi? absolutely, we have a sub-office in benghazi, which - benghazi? absolutely, we have a| sub-office in benghazi, which has sub—office in benghazi, which has been up and running for many years. we have been present in libya, both in tripoli and benghazi. we have the support of the authorities. in fact, the authorities have requested, the international community to assist and they have offered their cooperation. the onus is on us, as the international community, to be able to respond in kind. we the international community, to be able to respond in kind.— able to respond in kind. we will have to leave _ able to respond in kind. we will have to leave it _ able to respond in kind. we will have to leave it there, - able to respond in kind. we will have to leave it there, thank i able to respond in kind. we willl have to leave it there, thank you for your time. we will talk plenty more through the programme this evening about the situation in libya and the help

we have a service in benghazi which has been up and running.ve been present in tripoli and benghazi so we have the support of the authorities. the authorities have requested the international community to assist and they have offered their cooperation. the onus is upon us to be able to respond in kind. christian: we will have to leave it there. thank you very much indeed for your time. he is with the international organization for migration. we will talk plenty more through the program this evening about the situation in libya and the help that is required. let's go back to our top story. here starmer in -- here starmer -- kier starmer in the hague today. he's seeking some help from the european union. joining me to discuss is the french mep and former mayor for president macron's party. also with us, steve harvey, former senior officer for euro poll. if i could start with you, first of all, just explain to our viewers what happened post brexit with our intelligence sharing. >> prior to brexit, we had seen this real-time cooperation with our e.

it is not as devastating as exnected _ benghazi.benghazi. it is not as devastating as expected because the - benghazi. it is not as devastating as expected because the people | benghazi. it is not as devastating i as expected because the people are still under the ground and we do not have many injured people, we do not have many injured people, we do not have rescue teams and actually know the casualties and traumas that have been caused in right now, we are blind because we don't have the actual number and people and people are still under the rubble as we speak in their breathing under the ground and we do not have what it takes to rescue them. and until that situation changes on the complication is yet to be seen. and it hasn't started for medical staff because now, it's on the rescue teams we do not have what it takes. and it seems worse than it seems in the media. and in the soundtrack of that city is children crying. underneath the rubble and it seems interesting as well is a priority still is the rescue teams needed on the g

it started from day one in benghazi and — effort. other _ effort. it started from day one in benghazi and other cities. - effort. it started from day one in benghazi and other cities. we i effort. it started from day one in i benghazi and other cities. we have huge efforts and also initiatives from the community itself and on the government side. we are speaking about taking away every day and step—by—step from derna city and we are talking about 1300 monitors from tripoli to derna. —— kilometres. i’m tripoli to derna. -- kilometres. i'm auoin to tripoli to derna. -- kilometres. i'm going to i'm — tripoli to derna. —— kilometres. i'm going to i'm going to try to get a better line, i don't think you can hear me and we can't hear properly. we will come back to you. we will try to get back to him. we have lina sinjab following this from beirut. tell us what you can, as the some hope the rival governments will come together? words different from deeds and both sides of call for international aid to arrive and the imaginations and interna

i remember when i was in benghazi during the l when i was in benghazi during the war, that road to derna of it by the flooding. there is a small port there, is there still operating? could ade come in through the port? the only road available right now is from _ the only road available right now is from to _ the only road available right now is from to brooke. the western side of derna _ from to brooke. the western side of derna is— from to brooke. the western side of derna is unavailable. the only available _ derna is unavailable. the only available road is from tibruk and that is— available road is from tibruk and that is crowded to say the least because — that is crowded to say the least because people are coming in and out. because people are coming in and out this — because people are coming in and out. this city has 300,000 people and it— out. this city has 300,000 people and it lost— out. this city has 300,000 people and it lost at least 10% of its population and mostjust and it lost at least 10% of its population and most just want to get out. population and most just want to get

there's more than the benghazi thing, more to say about that. the benghazi issue involve the secretary of state. >> and there is more to hunter biden, still nothing that ties this to joe biden, so when you say there is more than benghazi, with respect to a biden -- >> i totally agree. you're asking what is different. what is different is that they have more grit for an illegitimate vote. dak is the more fuel to run the plight that they try to run over and over again. it's the same play. it's just because hunter biden is in fact more problematic on's own then what happened in benghazi, which turned out to have been the terrible loss of life but not anything with corruption or anything about american foreign policy that could be pinned on hillary clinton. that was truly a nothing burger. in this case, the children of spouses and presidents, as david plouffe knows, although his boss, barack obama, he did not have these problems, because he had the perfect family, essentially. it's historically democrats and republicans who have to carry that burden

vaguely identified to the city of benghazi and derna.ews, but it is preceded by the incredible amount of starvation of the east as the oil revenue has been used to play into the differences in politics between the east and the west. the result of which is the decaying infrastructure in those cities. when i was last in derna, and i wrote articles about this, the city of 100,000 inhabitants and the surrounding, about 150,000 in total, villages around it. does not have a functioning hospital. has not had one for the last eight years at least. there is only one house, a villa of two stories has been turned into a hospital that has been receiving people from the city for the last six years. so you start with that lack of infrastructure, the incredible amount of starvation, and then you can move on to the fact that the infrastructure of the city and its stems have been neglected. there have been reports since 2008 and 2010, 2012. scientific articles that indicate that the dams that are in during a, in the valley of 10 to, need to be strengthen

there's more to it than the benghazi thing. there's more to say about that. >> also there's more to hunter biden. there is still nothing that ties any of this to joe biden. so when you say there's more than benghazi with respect to a biden. >> i totally agree. so you're asking what's different. what's different is they have more grist for an illegitimate mill. that gives them fuel to run the same play. it's because hunter biden is in fact more problematic on his own then what happened in benghazi was which turned out to be a terrible loss of life but had nothing to do corruption but foreign policy that could be pinned on hillary clinton, that was truly a political nothingburger. in this case the children of presidents, the spouses of presidents, although david plouffe knows, his boss didn't have these problems. >> no, he did not. >> because he had the perfect family, essentially. but it's historically republicans and democrats who have had to carry that burden. it is still the case fublly or privately, there's still no real con

, from derna. ., ~' , . still very far away, benghazi, from derna. ., ,, , . ., derna. derna. thank you very much for joining us with _ derna. thank you very much for joining us with that _ derna. thank you very much for joining us with that analysis - joining us with that analysis particularly looking ahead to what cities like derna face. stay with us, we will keep you up—to—date with all the events and developments we get from libya. in a moment we will bring you the latest on the other tragedy facing north africa, these are pictures of the earthquake in morocco. search and rescue efforts continue there, they are struggling to get aid into some of the mountainous areas and that's partly because they are still feeling the aftershocks in morocco. we will go live to marrakesh. let's take a look at some of the other stories making the news here in the uk. john lewis has said its plan to return to profit will take two years longer after it reported further losses for the first half of the year. the high street giant, which also owns waitrose, said rising business costs and

and the eastern cities of benghazi and al marj are also badly affected. agencies and neighbouring countries like egypt are sending help. tamer ramadan of the international federation of red cross and red crescent societies says the death toll is likely to increase dramatically. the death toll is huge. it might reach 2000 really but we don't have a definite number right now. we've confirmed from independent sources of information that number of missing people is hitting 10,000 persons so far. lots of videos of the flooding in libya have been posted on social media. anna foster has been working with the bbc verify team looking at what we know is real. she is in the bbc verify hub with more. one of the really important and key ways that we can actually work out exactly what has happened in libya is using some of the videos, some of the photos that have been on social media, but checking them. and that's what the team at bbc verify have been doing today. now, i want to take you notjust to libya, but particularly to the east of the country. now, these are some

is an ally of the tripoli-based government, not benghazi-based government. according to the disaster and emergency management authority of turkey, 168 surface and underwater search-and-rescue personnel landed in benghazi, and there were blankets, generators, hygiene kits, raincoats, rescue vehicles, and also boats. that authority is saying this was an international call by the libyan government. they say in the coming days, they are going to provide even more as the scale of devastation is quite immense. keeping good relations with libya or turkey for several reasons. turkey itself has gone through several natural disasters this year. turkey wants to keep an upper hand, and to do that, it needs to have good relations with tripoli because turkey is in big competition with -- in a competition with france and greece. several turkish companies, particularly construction companies, have huge investments in libya. >> the vice president of the international committee of the red cross says there is an urgent need to scale up eight operations in eastern libya. >> acc

this is one of three qatari cargo planes expected to arrive in benghazi today.ibyans security forces i spoken to in the last few minutes say there have been a number of planes that have arrived here already in the last 24 hours, planes from turkiye, lay-ins from algeria and tunisia. the aide also includes medical equipment medicine food tents we . we know that benghazi, although affected, has not been as devastated as the town of derna, which is around 350 kilometers from here. so, all the equipment, all the aid that you see being delivered here is going to be taken to derna as quickly as possible because we know there are thousands of people still missing and thousands more who have lost their homes and their businesses. we have seen those horrific pictures. that scar that runs right the way through derna where that wall of water crashed through and destroyed all those buildings. so, yeah, it is vital that no time is wasted and that this aid gets to the areas where it is most needed. ♪ nick: in morocco, rescue workers are braving harsh conditions and blocked ro

at benghazi hospital where many of the victims of the floods were taken. good of you to join us this evening. i know how busy you will be. what can you tell us about the situation today and how many i have received -- you have received from this area? >> thi is devastating. it is a tragedy. [no audio] christian: we have lost your sound, doctor. we will see if we can rejoin you in a moment. let's speak with peter millet. one of the problems with getting eight into the city is the fact that the government is split. we have two governors of libya and the two of them do not seem able or they are unwilling to negotiate with one another. how much of that is going to complicate the process? peter: it is unfortunate it will complicate the process. the libyan people themselves are coming together. there is a really strong sense of solidarity among libyans whom i have spoken to from the west, east, and the south. they are shocked to disbelief about what they are seeing just as everybody is. they want as citizens to contribute to the relief effort. unfortunately, the

and we have got 2,500 where i am sitting now in a benghazi.again, we are counting the numbers. we have got our colleagues who are trying to collect this data on the ground as we speak. those numbers are huge, does it also include the migrants, the refugees who are in libya as well who may have been impacted by this? they do. it is very difficult to say how many migrants have been affected. as you know, the migrant population in libya is significant. they work in the population, it is also a transit country across the central mediterranean route. so these are factors we need to take into account. one thing we need to bear in mind is migrants are typically living in very vulnerable situations in libya anyway. and in derna, we knew the migrant population was living in the part of the city that was most susceptible to flooding, in the low—lying areas. so we're talking about tens of thousands of people now homeless and probably badly in need of clean drinking water, food and basic supplies. and they have been through this incredibly traumatic exper

benghazi is a small airport and it is farfrom the benghazi is a small airport and it is far from theivity you might expect in the wake of a devastating natural disaster like this because this is a country ravaged by more than a decade of conflict. you can see the split political allegiances in this country and all of those things are making it difficult to get the aid to derna where it is so desperately needed. where we still don't know how many people have died but it could be as many as 20,000. quentin sommerville has been speaking to people in derna who witnessed what happened. in the dead of night, they seek sentry from rising floodwaters. miriam with her three sisters and younger brother flee to the seventh floor of their apartment block in derna. the rising torrent is creeping up the stairs of their building. her sister films the panic. 0utside buildings around them collapse. they thought this would be their last moments alive. it almost was, but this is their building now, still standing. the family survived. miriam recounted to us by phone the nightmare they endured. the men

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people are starting to spread across the country in terms of displaced people, some are going to benghaziing to the capital and we are finding lots of people are taking shelter and refuge in schools and so we are providing blankets and mattresses, we want to provide people with dignity as well with things like hygiene kits and tents to give families privacy. they have been through so much, we have to do all that we can. we are thankful to the support so far but we need a big international response. we need a shared compliance of understanding that this isn't something that's one to change overnight, one report was talking about billions of dollars that are needed. more than 30% of the city has been completely decimated, rebuilding of homes, rebuilding of infrastructure, so much need to be done and commitment is needed to maintain the support for libya for the long term. you are riaht to for libya for the long term. you are right to pinpoint— for libya for the long term. you are right to pinpoint the _ for libya for the long term. you are right to pinpoint the psychological. right to pinpo

the eastern cities of benghazi and al marj are also among the worst hit.adan of the international federation of red cross and red crescent societies says the death toll from the disaster is likely to increase dramatically. the death toll is huge. it might reach 2,000s really. but we don't have a definite number. we confirm from our independent sources that the number of missing people is 10,000 persons so far. anna foster has the latest. a torrent of water washing away everything in its path. the devastation is clear to see. the death toll is harder to quantify. the red crescent and red cross say as many as 10,000 people are missing. but in a country without a single functioning government, getting accurate information is hard. since muammar gaddafi was deposed as its leader in 2011, libya has been in turmoil. there are two rival governments and regular fighting for control between factions in the east and west. libya has effectively been stuck in a political quagmire now for at least eight, nine years. and really, even though there has been no major outbr

we are now preparing donations and the trucks are moving as we speak and they will reach benghazi.ealth care centre. these goods and this medicine will be enough to cover the centre for three months. and then we will have items to purify the water and restore sanitation. what will have items to purify the water and restore sanitation.— will have items to purify the water and restore sanitation. what are you heafina and restore sanitation. what are you hearing from — and restore sanitation. what are you hearing from your _ and restore sanitation. what are you hearing from your teams _ and restore sanitation. what are you hearing from your teams in - and restore sanitation. what are you hearing from your teams in derna? i hearing from your teams in derna? your colleague yesterday said the window is closing on the time to actually find any more survivors. are you hearing whether they have managed to find anybody alive recently? managed to find anybody alive recentl ? , ., , , recently? yes, of course, it is dramatic— recently? yes, of course, it is dramatic to — recently? yes, of cours

the eastern cities of benghazi and al marj are also among the worst hit.atest. a torrent of water washing away everything in its path. the devastation is clear to see. the death toll is harder to quantify. the red crescent and red cross say as many as 10,000 people are missing. but in a country without a single functioning government, getting accurate information is hard. since muammar gaddafi was deposed as its leader in 2011, libya has been in turmoil. there are two rival governments, and regularfighting for control between factions in the east and west. libya has effectively been stuck in a political quagmire now for at least eight, nine years. and really, even though there has been no major outbreak of violence since 2020, sporadic violence has taken place. but there's been no settlement, really, to that conflict. the lack of internationally recognised government sources makes it difficult to know which details to trust. all the videos you see here have been checked by bbc verify. now the authorities need to get help to the people who filmed them. but

a benghazi resident shows journalists his house; the water flooded it in a matter of hours.ple are trying to pump out the mud, they are digging trenches, but the water is still flowing in. those who live in the lowlands urgently evacuate , both adults and children find themselves in traps. rescuers are combing the area. all travel is by boat only. the hurricane uproots trees and blows away car parts , with wind speeds exceeding 170 km/h in some places. a person is missing if more than 2,000 deaths are reported to him. in the middle of their seven wars, the situation is complicated by sandy storm, they turn the sky red and greatly reduce visibility. a two-day curfew has been declared on the sidelines. we have recorded at least 150 deaths. after the collapse of buildings, we expect that the death toll will increase in cities such as jabal akhdard, derno, and also benghazi, a curfew will be introduced, schools and kindergartens will be closed, local authorities are asking for help, and other countries of lily residents do not resist, in case of danger, evacuate today the powerf

a benghazi resident shows journalists his house; the water flooded it in a matter of hours.pump out the dirt, they are digging trenches, but the water comes back again , everyone who lives in the lowlands urgently evacuates the traps, it turns out that both adults and children rescuers are combing the area. all travel is by boat only. the hurricane uproots trees and blows away a car's transmission , with wind speeds exceeding 170 km/h in some places. people are missing and more than 2,000 have died, reporting military situations are complicated by sandstorms, they turn the sky red and greatly reduce visibility. a two-day curfew has been declared on the sidelines . we have recorded at least 150 deaths. after the collapse of buildings, we expect that the death toll will increase in cities such as darna and benghazi will be imposed curfew schools and kindergartens will be closed local authorities are asking for help from other countries residents, lilies do not resist in case of danger, evacuate today a powerful storm should weaken, meteorologists believe one unit towards north

and we have got 2,500 where i am sitting now in a benghazi.trying to collect this data on the ground as we speak. those numbers are huge, does it also include the migrants, the refugees who are in libya as well who may have been impacted by this? thea;r who are in libya as well who may have been impacted by this? they do. it is very difficult _ have been impacted by this? they do. it is very difficult to _ have been impacted by this? they do. it is very difficult to say _ have been impacted by this? they do. it is very difficult to say how _ have been impacted by this? they do. it is very difficult to say how many - it is very difficult to say how many maggots have been affected. as you know, the migrant population in libya is significant. —— how many migrants. they work in the population, it is also a transit country across the central mediterranean route. so these are factors we need to take into account. 0ne factors we need to take into account. one thing we need to bear in mind is migrants are typically living in very vulnerable situations

in total, the cities of holes in benghazi suffered. al-dar., a stormy stream broke a dam, hundreds of tons of water poured onto residential buildings into the sea, carried away entire neighborhoods, destroyed a quarter of the city, destroyed communications do not work, mobile communications and the internet in cities and towns are difficult, there is a humanitarian situation and there is a risk of infectious diseases. many countries have announced their readiness to provide assistance to the left. in addition to russia, this is egypt, and previously italy, the united states and saudi arabia , russian president vladimir putin expressed condolences to the lionesses and declared their readiness to provide the necessary assistance. igor mikhailov led. the russian military discovered and destroyed two ukrainian boats without crew in the southwestern part of the black sea in this was stated by the ministry of defense, and also in different directions of the special military operation , nine attacks by the ukrainian armed forces were repelled. our co

our correspondent anna foster is in benghazi. the affected areas. there are real concerns here now for the survivors, people doing their best against the elements in derna but the need isjust best against the elements in derna but the need is just not available, things like clean water, medical care. the world health organization have said the situation is unprecedented because it so hard to get that aid into the parts of libya that need it the most. it's currently difficult to enter the country in the first place and that is why we are not seeing the heavy flow of aid which would come in after a natural disaster like this. it's also very difficult logistically to get that aid from benghazi from where the airport is across to derna. the suggestion is that only one of the entry points in the city still operating and it gives you a sense of how difficult things are for the aid workers and for the people who have survived this. we are hearing from the mayor of derna who says the death toll could rise to as many as 20,000 people. thi

the bbc�*s anna foster reached benghazi, the nearest city, in the past few hours. the one thing we do not know is the scale of the devastation. the death toll has been rising day after day and the mayor has said he believes as many as 20,000 people could have been killed by that wall of water that came barrelling through the city. we know two dams designed to hold back water of the scale and volume were destroyed by the power of it and when you look at those extraordinary heartbreaking pictures you can really see the force of the water and the way it has carved the land away in the way cars have been picked up and thrown to one side and the way whole buildings often with entire sleeping families inside have been washed away. it really shows you the scale of what libya is having to deal with and it is clear here in benghazi, the closest airport, particularly to derna, you start to see while the aid has been promised and slowly making its way, it's been no means on the scale to deal with people need because many more have been injured, many thousands more have been d

it really shows you the scale of what libya is having to deal with and it is clear here in benghazi, airport, particularly to derna, you start to see while the aid has been promised and slowly making its way, it's been no means on the scale to deal with people need because many more have been injured, many thousands more have been displaced in this country with its infrastructure almost completely destroyed by more than a decade of conflict in these in no position to deal with the situation, the catastrophic situation it's now finding itself in. three people have been charged with the murder of 10 year old sara sharif whose body was found at herfamily home in woking last month. the girl's father, urfan sharif, his partner and brother are also accused of causing or allowing the death of a child. the three were arrested on wednesday evening when they arrived back in the uk from pakistan. they'll appear before guildford magistrate's court later today. the former spanish football federation president — luis rubiales — will appear in court in madrid later to respond to accusations of sexu

the bbc�*s anna foster is in the libyan city of benghazi.ng that becomes very quickly apparent is how big the scale of the task facing libya is right now. benghazi is a small airport and it is far from the hive of activity that you might expect in the wake of a devastating natural disaster like this, because this is a country that's also been ravaged by more than a decade of conflict. you can see the split political allegiances in this country, and all of those things are making it incredibly difficult to get the aid to derna, where it is so desperately needed, where we still don't know how many people have died, but it could be as many as 20,000. and quentin somerville has been speaking to people in derna who witnessed what happened. in the dead of night, they seek sanctuary from rising floodwaters. mariam al—ghaithi with her three sisters and younger brother flee to the seventh floor of their apartment block in derna. the rising torrent is creeping up the stairs of their building. her sister films the panic. 0utside buildings around them c

the bbc�*s middle east correspondent anna foster in benghazi with more.old back water of the scale and volume were destroyed by the power of it and when you look at those extraordinary heartbreaking pictures you can really see the force of the water and the way it has carved the land away in the way cars have been picked up and thrown to one side and the way whole buildings often with entire sleeping families inside have been washed away. it really shows you the scale of what libya is having to deal with and it is clear here in benghazi, the closest airport, particularly to derna, you start to see while the aid has been promised only slowly making its way, it's been no means on the scale to deal with people need because many more have been injured, many thousands more have been displaced in this country with its infrastructure almost completely destroyed by more than a decade of conflict in these in no position to deal with the situation, the catastrophic situation it's now finding itself in. stay with us here on bbc news hello. the weather is looking a l

there are - several countries that have stepped in and have arrived in the city of benghazi or derna, catastrophic situation with a whole city destroyed almost, with 30,000 people homeless, 20,000 expected to be the death toll, it's never enough international aid to arrive, there is the need for water, and rescue, and rescuers are still pulling bodies offshore and off the rubble and the need is immense and this is and the need is immense and this is a city originally of 100,000 citizens living there and most of it is now destroyed, so the capacity of the locals is limited and they will need international support, whether regional or international, it is on the way but it's never enough. something else there has been disagreement on is the level of responsibility and accountability among the leaders, whether it is the local authorities from one or other of the governments. what seems to be the accurate picture emerging from that? it the accurate picture emerging from that? , , , ., that? it is still being debated, no one is sure _ that? it is still being debated, no one is sure what _

getting the right aid to the right people at the right time. 0ur correspondent anna foster is in benghazis this update on how aid is reaching people in the affected areas. there are real concerns for the survivors, the people who are battling against the others. things like clean water and medical care, the world health organisation has described the situation is unprecedented because it is so very difficult to get the into those parts of eastern libya where it is so desperately needed. it is difficult to even enter the country in the first place and that his wife we are not seeing the usual heavy flow of aid that would come in after a natural disaster like this but also it is very difficult logistically to try and get that aid here in benghazi, where the airport is, across the donor. there was supposed to be seven different entry points to that city and the suggestion is only one of them is now still operating. it really gives you a sense of how difficult things are for the aid workers, for the people who survived this and we are hearing it for example from the mayor of derna. he says th

anna foster in benghazi. the time i difficult. anna, thank you. anna. foster in benghazi.arif are due here in the next few hours at guildford magistrates�* court. they are sara�*s father, urfan sharif, stepmother, beinash batool, and her uncle, faisal malik. they are all charged with murder. they are also all charged with causing, or allowing come a child. it is after sara was found dead at the family home in woking here in surrey on the 10th of august. a postmortem examination found that sara had what were described as multiple and extensive injuries. those three relatives of sorrowfully back into the uk from pakistan on wednesday. they were arrested shortly after their plane touched down at gatwick airport at around half past seven on wednesday evening. surrey police say that all gatt sharif, sara�*s mother, has been kept updated with the latest. —— all gatt. she is being supported by specially trained police officers. here at guildford magistrates�* court we are expecting those three relatives of sara sharif in the next few hours.— those three relatives of sara sharif i

response had been empathetic, kicking up this stuff about benghazi that goes on for years and years.> it's a slide. we make a mistake if we think it started -- >> i forgot that. >> it's not over. >> hold him up as good guy. >> the story's not over. benghazi becomes a huge issue on fox news, and on the far right and go on and on and on and on and turns into pressure to investigate the benghazi attacks because getting so much, you know, presure fra-from-that part of the party. that committee sends subpoenas to the state department asking for a lot of documents, and in those documents are the emails that showed hillary clinton used her personal email account. look -- how are things connected, not connected? it's just an example of how romney in trying to -- to appeal to that part of the party. >> yeah. >> created this notion that went on and on for several years, until it achieved significant damage that the republicans hoped it would. kevin mccarthy said that on the record. >> it is amazing, and it is important and it shouldn't take our slowing ourselves down on a day like today, mary

that's the city of benghazi, which many people have heard of.e of the other cities which have been impacted. that's the jabal al akhdar mountain range. and this is derna which is where that video we showed you has come from. we are going to go a bit closer into derna. these are two dams in derna which were breached in the aftermath of storm daniel and as the water gushed up towards the mediterranean a lot of people living here of course have borne the brunt of the high—rising floodwaters. we have got satellite images here that give you another idea of the scale and the extent of the destruction. this is derna. it's a satellite image so you can see just how built up it is. it's a city with a population of around 90,000 to 100,000 people. remember that video we showed you at the beginning of that bridge, well, that road bridge is around here and this is the before image. i'm going to show you the after image and as you can see there the bridge is completely gone. but also just looking at the rest of derna, you can just see how everything has just

disaster like this but also it is very difficult logistically to try and get that aid from here in benghazie airport is, across to derna. there was supposed to be seven different entry points to that city and the suggestion is only one of them is now still operating. it really gives you a sense of how difficult things are for the aid workers, for the people who survived this and we are hearing for example from the mayor of derna. he says the death toll could rise to around 20,000 people. this number is increasing day after day and it is difficult to work out still the situation there. if you think that such a large percentage of the population has been wiped out here, it is really difficultjust to try and get a sense of what is happening there on the ground in derna. we know the aid is not sufficient and we know international ngos find it difficult to operate in that area. we continue to watch the situation in derna. we continue to follow this story and really to work out how those survivors are going to cope in those elements over the next few days and weeks. live now to aml barghuti from

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it's now five days since the disaster that hit derna — which lies to the east of benghazi and the libyanvidence of much international assistance. our correspondent anna foster has seen the extent of the devastation — and reports on the lack of basic supplies and the likelihood of disease spreading. the first thing that you will notice is how incredibly dark it is. there is no electricity in this city and, actually, the workers, you can see some of them over there, who are using big diggers to search for bodies,

the special collection delivered to libyan benghazi over 30. t of all the essentials., blankets, electric generators, lighting fixtures. a group of rescuers and medical specialists also arrived, equipped with everything necessary to carry out search and rescue operations, including watercraft and diving equipment, on behalf of vladimir putin , they will send several more shipments of humanitarian aid to the country. two more planes are flying behind us by decision of the president of the russian federation vladimirovich putin and also by the command of the minister of emergency situations of russia alexander mikhailovich kurenkova. ahh. specialist divers are flying, e.g. they are flying to dog handlers, and even debris removal specialists are flying, and an airmobile hospital also flew after them. uh, centrally, the situation in libya remains critical; according to official data, the number of dead has exceeded 11,000, and twice as many missing. the most difficult situation. still in the city of turf. hundreds of bodies have been washed into the sea; they have not yet

we know turkey is sending three aircraft and 168 personnel to benghazi that will be deployed. uae also sending assistance so too is qatar and the u.n. is currently on the ground. but there is a lack of a centralized command or system to try to get aid out as quickly as possible. you have two rival sanctions in the east and west that have both been vying for power, but this kind of emergency requires coordinated action by government to try to get assistance as quickly as possible. >> liet's hope they work together. thank you so much. >>> and now to the election subversion case against donald trump's former white house chief of staff. prosecutors have until noon today to respond to mark meadows' latest legal maneuver. >> meadows is asking a federal appeals court to intervene in his failed bid to have the case moved from state to federal court. cnn's sara murray reports. >> reporter: mark meadow, donald trump's former white house chief of staff lost his first attempt to move his case that has been playing out in state court in georgia to federal court last week. a federal judge t

a lot of these regional nations like qatar where i am, are sending it to benghazi, a city that most ofbout 150 miles from derna, the hardest hit city, and it's in the eastern part of the country, controlled by a government and armed force that the u.s. and the u.n. don't even recognize. and so that is really complicating efforts to coordinate the fast delivery of body bags, of nurses and doctors, of food and hygiene supplies that are so direly needed, and the more aid that gets in there, and the more workers who arrive, the more we are learning just about the scope of this catastrophe. we heard from one person who said that 50 members of his family are now gone, either dead or missing. it is a crisis that is growing by the day. katy. >> the imagesmissing. >> the images are so incredible and awful to watch and look at. josh, thank you very much. staying in north africa, rescue operations are ongoing in morocco in the aftermath of the 6.8 earthquake. at least 5,530 have been injured. search teams from britain, spain and qatar are now on the ground helping the moroccan military in the mou

beput together a benghazi special committee, select committee. her numbers are dropping, why? it impossible for him to become speaker at that time, if you remember. this feels the same to me, but it seems the impact of saying the quiet stuff out loud would be wildly different. if you admit this impeachment inquiry is all politically based and all about retribution and helping out donald trump, you would think that might have an impact on people's impression of what house republicans are going for. what do you think, john? >> it won't in a general election or in a primary. hyperpartisanship, polarization, the fact there's not a total disconnect between what plays to the american republican base and the american people at large. this is the latest reflection. the quiet part out loud. this is an impeachment inquiry all about tit for tat, revenge. that's what this is. he's admitting that because it reflects well on him through the prism of an endless appetite for attention and making him the center of everything in the universe. of course democratic republics are based around diff

and at about 11 pm local time, plane 76 of the russian ministry of emergency situations landed at benghazirt, the city delivered more than 30 tons of humanitarian aid . these are primarily gasoline generators tents warm things after e libyan. the elements were approaching the blow, a huge number of local residents were left without kroma and that’s all. this is urgently needed now for the affected families, except moreover, on board our plane there is also equipment for libyan rescuers; the plane is being unloaded online here. representatives of the local administration arrived. also volunteers and libyan military now. they all help the roads. every minute. right from here. all this cargo will be sent to the flood victims, the territory of the verses hit libyan cities after the hurricane came here, daniel e, he will come here, and record rainfall and downpour lasted for several days, resulting in the death of more than 11,000 people. there were also 20,000 are now listed as missing propans, but rescue efforts nonetheless. here the attack on the affected areas continues. now the humanitaria

multiple cities reported flooding, including benghazi and derna.ocal authorities believe over 5000 people have gone missing in derna, the worst hit city. they declared three days of mourning and ordered flags lowered to half-mast. troops were ordered to help people. a spokesperson for the forces said they lost contact with five troops helping besieged families in one town. anchor: switching gears to politics, north korean leader kim jong-un expected to arrive in russia in the coming days to meet with vladimir putin. both countries have confirmed the visit will happen and there are reports the north korean leader could already be on his way. western officials have expressed concerns that north korea is considering providing arms to russia as it wages war in ukraine, but much remains unknown about the visit. for more, let's bring in our moscow correspondent. what do we know about the timing and location of the visit? daniel: the presidential spokesman has confirmed leaders will indeed be meeting. he said putin will host kim for a state dinner, and me

officials in the bsa at least three greek rescue workers have died in a road accident traveling from benghazirea worst hit by recent floods. seven critically injured. rescue teams continued to pull out the bodies of the many libyans who died. two dams burst in the wake of storm daniel. libyans have warned that durna faces the threat of disease outbreaks, which could bring a second devastating crisis. they say 30,000 people have been left homeless and there is desperate need for clean water, food, and basic supplies to mitigate the risk of cholera, dehydration, mount attrition. anna foster has had special access to a recovery zone in durna. anna: this is one of the streets that has been carefully cleared of bodies. you see how high the water came in areas like this where you see the debris at the top of the building. that shows how high the water was. they found victims on the fourth, sixth stories in some of these apartment blocks. you can see them using heavy equipment to create new channels to get underneath to see how many -- it was a split second to decide whether to say >> permit across

but we put together a benghazi special committee. a select committee. what are her numbers today?ccarthy trying to accomplish something similar here? >> well -- well, probably. i mean, of course this is political. but you know, our poll recently showed that 61%, i believe, of the american public already thinks that joe biden was involved in some of hunter's business deals. so, you know, they don't have as much to prove here to the american public. i think what they want to do is drum it into everybody, it takes the heat off of donald trump to a certain degree, but as i was saying before, what underlies all of this is that mccarthy wants to save his speakership. he's got to pass spending bills so the government doesn't shut down. so it's all kind of this game of 3d chess. they're trying to figure out how to get advantage. and he's trying to figure out how to survive as speaker. >> yeah, it's an important point. mccarthy is announcing this impeachment inquiry as several hardline republicans have actually threatened his speakership. how does this play out? >> so as gloria said, this