here in modern square and the capital tripoli, flags are flying at half mast. the government has declared 3 days of national morning. many have gathered to pray for those web died in eastern libya. imagine lisa is from dell now. he received news yesterday, his sister and her entire family were killed in the floods. he's come here to pray for their souls know, show you in the side of the officials, are responsible for all the lives that were lost. why? because it was clear that the dams had a problem needed renovation. they were warnings. why didn't they fix it? they knew a storm was coming, make good, punish all of the officials from both sides for this disaster aid from western livia and the few countries is beginning to arrive at airports in eastern libya. prime minister ogden, how many debate the says his government is committed to rebuilding homes that were destroyed, we will be hand, can you? today? we are located a budget of more than 550000000 dollars to start rebuilding people's lives and impacted areas. if these funds are not enough to rebuild their no

in libya's capital tripoli, these people gathered to show their support for the flood victims in the east. their sirens redone their. our hearts and prayers are with you. the storm was more than the infrastructure could handle it. lift msi didn't destruction in the past. so many people have died and i'm missing. i lost the family members. every family has not someone. it's a very difficult time going to make good view of the country. at a left he says, when he saw the pictures from eastern libya, he had to do something. he organized a small shipment of 8 on tuesday with some friends. now he sends convoys on a daily basis, and it's a horrible in a people from across the country are healthy. what happened was a tragedy. but maybe we can benefit from it. people hear sad about that disaster, but also very happy and excited about the unity. dozens of donations centers like this one have been set up in tripoli. people give what they can along with the extensive destruction across the done, the, the cities to dams burst after heavy rainfall sent a tidal wave down the valley. entire communit

there is a parallel government that rivals the government base in the capital tripoli which controls held a press conference last night, which announced overall, in terms of deaths and missing, they gave the figure of 5300. we suspect this is subject to measures in order to officially document that, that is why it is relatively lower than the number given by the military forces commanding the eastern region, which are put at around 7000 at least. meanwhile, other localfigures, the meanwhile, other local figures, the mayor, meanwhile, other localfigures, the mayor, and a local matter, saying it is likely to be nearer 20,000. the mayor of derna was saying last night they are basing the estimate of the scale of destruction to derna, which many report suggesting it is a population of 100000 and about a quarter of the city has been swept away. quarter of the city has been swept awa . ~ �* , , . , ., quarter of the city has been swept awa., ,. away. we've seen pictures of aid bein: away. we've seen pictures of aid being delivered, _ away. we've seen pictures of aid being delivered, and _ a

five days since the disaster that hit derna — which lies to the east of benghazi and the libyan capital tripoliinternational 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,

it begins our coverage with this report from the capital of tripoli. as in unprecedented catastrophe, entire communities in the eastern city of done, the have been swept away by floods or reduced revel. people here are still coming to terms with the aftermath of storm. daniel. it brought rector rainfall and to dams, holding huge amounts of water burst, sending a joint wave towards the city. this child as know where his mother is. but no one has seen or thousands of others remain on, accounted for bodies washed into the sea, can be seen in the distance, but it's too dangerous to recover them for now, this total is huge and so it might teach to thousands really. but we don't have a different number right now. the loss is being felt across the country. here in martyr square and the capital tripoli, flags are flying at half mast. the government has declared 3 days of national morning. many have gathered to pray for those web died in eastern libya. a med city is from dell now. he received news yesterday, his sister and her entire family were killed in the f

the alternative government that controls eastern libya and is a rival to the government in the capital tripoli held a press conference yesterday evening where they announced the total number of dead and missing people, they called the number 5300, of course we understand that to officially document this number, it is necessary to take into account many factors. therefore, it is a relatively smaller number than that indicated by, for example, the command of the armed forces in the eastern region, which estimates the number of victims at least in the thousands, meanwhile, other officials , such as the mayor of the city and a local doctor, believe that the probable number of victims is about 20 thousand a murderer told the arab media last night that this estimate is based on the scale of the destruction, and judging by most reports , about a quarter of the city with a population of 100,000 was literally wiped out. land, and since tuesday, a further message that the government in tripoli is sending aid to the east and receiving it there. we saw teams helping to bring clean water, since a large par

and joining us now from the libyan capital, tripoli is re met lazarus. he is with the relief organization care international. thank you so much for taking the time to speak with us. um, can you tell us whether your organization or his partners has been able to reach the disaster areas and what they're seeing on the ground there? uh, thank you. um right now the situation on the ground is very perfect and the bodies are everywhere. they're trying to count the families and the missing people. right now there is no concrete numbers of the missing or the people who lost their lives . so our, our partners and ourselves care are trying to find a change us of the situation as much as much as possible and look for the media to release and support discounts and can kind of do it for the area victims. and for the survivors are right now, what are the biggest challenges that you are facing and getting a to people the biggest challenges would be that the storm destructive all the roads that's needed due to the area of the rooms of locked the supply is the supply chai

well, let's talk corresponding lot of train that he's in the capital of tripoli, molig to get through where we are now with the recovery operation and data. there's also been talk about an invest evacuation of sol as well. the recovery operation is continuing night and day we're seeing teams pull out bodies. even in the wee hours of the night, of dozens of countries have prod in rescue teams to help the living. so, i mean there's that this, this test, catastrophic natural disaster on the city of toughness unprecedented in the country of libya. ah, so the libyans just don't have the technical abilities to do that, to, to, to, to do it by themselves so that they're receiving help. and look, now worse now we're starting to see signs of, of, of, of, of, of, of a medical of, of, of water born diseases the, the director of the national center for disease control. us hide it inside as just said that 55 children have been poisoned due to the due to drinking water. so, you know, an epidemic may start to may start, may start due to these waterborne diseases, the deputy mayor of done enough. he

. >> in the capital, tripoli, flags are flying at half-mast. the government has declared three days of national mourning. many have gathered to pray for those who have died. he received news yesterday his sister and her entire family were killed in the floods. he has come here to pray for their souls. >> the officials are responsible for all the lives lost. why? because it was clear that the dams had a problem and needed renovation. why didn't they fix it? they knew the storm was coming. they should punish all the officials from both sides for this disaster. >> eight is beginning to arrive from airports in eastern libya. the prime minister says his government is committed to rebuilding homes that were destroyed. >> today, we allocated a budget of more than $515 million to start rebuilding people's lives in impacted areas. if these funds are not enough to rebuild, we will allocate more. everyone is doing what they can to help. >> libya has two governments, but people hope that through this tragedy, the country and its rival politicians can final

well, that's no speed talk, correspond russell, said i, he's in the navy and capital tripoli. so where are we at now with the recovery operation there and on i hear this talk of a full evacuation. steve, now steve, the risk. yeah, 4th, relentless. the are continuing on. the rescuers are still putting out the dead bodies from under the rubble from the that for you and the mazda of a pulse or fade. and it has been extremely rare to find someone that is still alive. but gradually, here the focus is shifting towards the health issue because it is rapidly, determinedly h. and as it has been days since that disaster heat the area. now the bodies are starting to be become pause and that is the main concern. now here the main fee is that distribution could be to an academic and the, the expert. so pushes a warning that and why did mental cries as a disease cooksey region that caused many more lies. i'm going to have 2 dates, the deputy mayor of the city of that and i met met who has told us of just 0 team that now there are expectations that complete new or partially the city there. a

but think train of met volunteers in the capital, tripoli in libya as capital tripoli. these people gathered to show their support for the flood victims in the east. their sirens redone their. our hearts and prayers are with you. see if the storm was more than the infrastructure could handle it. lift msi didn't destruction in the past. so many people have died and i'm missing, i lost the family members. every, somebody has not someone. it's a very difficult time going to make good view of the country. at home, i left the says when he saw the pictures from eastern libya, he had to do something. he organized a small shipment of 8 on tuesday with some friends. now he sends convoys on a daily basis. and it's a horrible in a people from across the country are healthy. what happened was a tragedy. but maybe we can benefit from it. people hear sad about that disaster, but also very happy and excited about the unity. a dozens of donations centers like this one have been set up in tripoli. people give what they can along with the extensive destruction across the done, the. the c

we have shown is monitoring developments from the capital tripoli at all. he thinks of scramble. i know you were heading having audio issues earlier, but you're back with us now. i understand that you're expecting a protest later today on the government's handling of the disaster in tripoli. there was also a recent protest in, during a how would you describe the mood across the country right now of the well, the across the country is a lot of that are a lot of concerns. a lot of the feelings about feelings hots feelings. i mean, it's a disaster that the whole country and whether it's in the saw the west, norman, citizen, normal people. i wanted to see if this a situation or all but, but it's not possible. this is going to take months and it's going to cost billions of dollars. so on the eastern and the eastern side there were put us in the past few days regarding how the government. busy or the administration that was dealing with lots of alarms, that's where it coming from this down itself. because many thought that this problem could have been prevented whether there was no neg

five days since the disaster that hit derna — which lies to the east of benghazi and the libyan capital tripoliter has reached the flood—ravaged city — and filed this report. even by night, derna's recovery teams don't sleep. as darkness falls, another body is carefully pulled from the ruins, wrapped and taken to a waiting ambulance. it is a scene that has now been repeated thousands of times.

like trying to join us out from the capital. tripoli. well, 3 days of national mold is all good and well by lake, but what people really need is aide and they need help. they need it now. that's exactly right. so have a and yard starting to hear about the destruction that is the happened in the city of deadman the last night around 2 30 am. the communication lines were all destroyed be due to the floods and the roads leading into doesn't uh, are destroyed. so uh you, mandatory and assistance us uh, hasn't been able to reach the city. the city of does not support city and it's surrounded completely by mountains. there's, there's 2 major downs that, that, that are in these mountains. they collapse and we're starting to see pictures of entire neighborhoods washed away by these floods. so there are spears that the number of, of, of civilians, a caught in these floods is, is extremely high. they are the head of the pair. low government expects that number. he says over 2000 people may have been killed due to the floods and more than 5000 are

differences of west name and situation out 0 is that a hash them is monitoring tournaments from the capital, tripoli, a the a brief said, well before the late arrest, it's false. there are thousands more that on the induct. now. the eastern libyan city that's suffering with its dead. yes, these are your 10 days after the september 30 storm destroyed the cities, 2 dams rescue efforts continue and exceptional cases. survivors are found at hope's fading goal. finding any more life for the may ask, then if you will, that need and libya's situation. it's not as quick but flawed, meaning a drift with the destruction of homes is very difficult to find survivors in such conditions, especially in muddy areas. not to mention those who was swept into the sea. as you know, there's no survival when you're in the water for more than a few minutes. recovering bodies from the seas. another challenge in families west swept to the mediterranean, some in the cards. and there is a need for specialized equipment to instruct them out into the complications of the political divisions and the country. libya has to rival go

of finding any one that live out of there is a hash, i missed monitoring developments from the capital tripoli to a brief set while before the late tourist. it's thought there are thousands more that on the induct. now, the eastern libyan city, that softening with its that yes, these are your 10 days after the september 30 storm, destroyed the cities to dams rescue efforts continue and exceptional cases, survivors are found that hopes are fading. go finding any more alive for the may ask, then if you will, that need and libya's situation, it's not as quick but flawed. meaning a drift with the destruction of homes is very difficult to find survivors in such conditions, especially in muddy areas. not to mention those who was swept into the sea, as you know, there's no survival when you're in the water for more than a few minutes. recovering bodies from the seas. another challenge in families west swept through the mediterranean, some in the cards, and there is a need for specialized equipment. they struck them out into the complications of the political divisions and the country. libya has 2 riv

announcements was made by the interior minister during the visit to the detention center in the capital tripoli. thousands of refugees in migrants a health in these facilities across libya. those who managed to escape or tried to across the board into 2 museums, which has become a major the part to help people attempting to reach you. scientists have grown an entity that resembles an early human embryo without using the eggs or womb instead, it's been made using stem cells. scientists say the model that looks like a textbook example of a 14 day old embryo. the selves is here and these are the top stories now got bones, mid a tree has released to pose present a bunk from house arrest, saying he's free to leave. the country long ago was over throwing by the army last month. thought that he was declared the winner and disputed elections the committee for the transition and restoration of institutions. c t.

since the disaster that hit derna, which is in eastern libya, along the coast from the libyan capital tripoli neghazi, and the city of benghazi, towards the egyptian border. today, our colleagues found little evidence of much international assistance. correspondent anna foster and team saw the extent of the devastation, and heard the fears over a lack of basic supplies and the likelihood of disease spreading. here's the report she's just sent us. even by night, derna's recovery teams don't sleep. as darkness falls, another body is carefully pulled from the ruins, wrapped and taken to a waiting ambulance. it is a scene that has now been repeated thousands of times. i can't describe it, when you see people's death. maybe when you see one or two, it is... you can control yourself but when you see, maybe it's 500 people in one street, there is a woman, a child, old people... this grainy security camera footage is from the moment when the floods hit and derna was changed forever. two dams, meant to protect the city, were broken apart by the force of the water. the deluge carried everything away wi

and as monitoring developments from the capital tripoli, as the a brief said was before the late arrest, it's false. there are thousands more that on the induct now. the eastern libyan city. that softening with its that yes, the sauce, the your 10 days after the september 30 storm, destroyed the cities to dams rescue efforts continue. and exceptional cases, survivors are found that hopes are fading. go finding any more alive for the may ask, then if you will, that need and libya's situation, it's not as quick but flawed. meaning a drift with the destruction of homes is very difficult to find survivors in such conditions, especially in muddy areas. not to mention those who was swept into the sea, as you know, there's no survival when you're in the water for more than a few minutes. recovering bodies from the seas. another challenge in families west swept to the mediterranean, some in the cards, and there is a need for specialized equipment. they struck them out into the complications of the political divisions and the country. libya has to rival governments one in the east that's appoint

let's try and break down for you who controls walk in the west, including the capital tripoli, the internationally recognized governments of national unity is in palate, is led by private us down to how many a debate bought and is backed by the un. it control was the area in tough along the map. now in the east world for the for how started is impala supported by a parliament in top broke. he controls the areas in orange, his style of his self style, draw the armies back by russia. the united arab emirates and egypt, the rest of the country shown in gray is under the control of various groups. so asthma you're looking at that kind of scenario. if we start thinking about political instability, joe political challenges, we might have a long list of countries which are susceptible to this kind of problem, not just libya, right? syria, iraq, afghanistan, the list can get very long, very quickly. indeed, countries that have on the ones conflict on the or are on the going conflict that countries a susceptible and fragile, not just infrastructure and, and, and struck to i'm particularly the fragile in re

five days since the disaster that hit derna — which lies to the east of benghazi and the libyan capital tripoli and there is still little evidence of much international assistance. our correspondent anna foster has reached the flood—ravaged city — and filed this report. even by night, derna's recovery teams don't sleep. as darkness falls, another body is carefully pulled from the ruins, wrapped and taken to a waiting ambulance. it is a scene that has now been repeated thousands of times. i can't describe it, when you see people's death. maybe when you see one or two, it is... you can control yourself but when you see, maybe it's 500 people in one street, there is a woman, a child, old people... this grainy security camera footage is from the moment when the floods hit and derna was changed forever. two dams, meant to protect the city, were broken apart by the force of the water. the deluge carried everything away with it. this wave of death and destruction sealed the fate of thousands. and glimpses of the horror are still emerging. here in derna, people began to pray for god's mercy. when the t

while the trainer reporting from the libyan capital, tripoli, the in morocco, there had been more aftershocks after last week's devastating earthquake rescue teams. and journalists scrambled to safety on wednesday when they fell tremors in how homes, comments you see the video there. so aid is starting to reach communities in need, but the logistics continue to make that very difficult. villages at the epicenter of the quick happened to be an extremely remote and hard to reach areas. are corresponding stephanie decor traveled to the village of chelsea, teen high in the atlas mountains. hughes for report of the driving very try to get to the village has been completely destroyed. so these villages have set up come at the foot of their destroyed village. nobody has any intention of leaving here. um it's so remote that aid is getting here in terms of being delivered. so basically what they're doing is looking to villages that are more accessible or using donkeys and bringing it here. what was the hospitality whiskey of them even in times of tragedy? we are offering out the key and not not. so we

five days since the disaster that hit derna — which lies to the east of benghazi and the libyan capital tripolind there is still little evidence 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, really, now, rather than survivors, you can see them trying to do their work in the darkness. there are limited numbers of rescue vehicles. what you can get a sense of this just how much of the city has been ripped away. this area behind the was a narrow channel that ran through the centre of derna. and it is now a 100 metres car on the landscape where everything in the path of that water has just been washed away. it came down towards the sea. people, buildings, cars, so much of itjust was swept away. went tubing around the site is about to try to give y

five days since the disaster that hit derna, which lies to the east of benghazi and the libyan capital tripolinternational assistance. recovery efforts have been called a logisitical nightmare. 0ur correspondent, quentin sommerville, reports. the roads became rivers and the rivers became a deluge, carrying everything with it and bringing with it a wave of death and destruction. this grainy security camera footage is from the moment when the floods hit and derna was changed forever. dams upstream meant to protect the city failed, sealing the fate of thousands. in derna, people began to pray for god�*s mercy. when the torrent passed, some were able to escape. as the rains continued to fall, they sought the safety of rooftops. few could imagine the scale of the catastrophe. down below, the force of the torrent swept much in its wake. those who could made their escape to higher ground. and now the aftermath. a turkish rescue team wades through pools of destruction in search of what remains. the mud and filth makes the work slow and dangerous, and the risk of disease is growing. translation: our fe

situation on that as well that speak to al correspondent for soul, said i, he's in the libyan capital. tripoli. results focused through where we're at now with the recovery operation there in data. i believe there is tool cause of potential full evacuation of the city. while the rest cures a relentless what can the bees and nights to get the bodies out alive or dead. but the, as i said, that the hopes are fading here, but every passing day, finding some people alive is increasingly the task becoming slimmer. so now we steal that people are being taken out from the rebels, the that re and a month. but the, the shift here, the focus here is gradually shifting to where the, the on the health issues because rapidly the power yet. and as these has power passed off, the disaster hit the area. now the bodies are starting to become pause and that is the main concern that this could lead to an epidemic. and the experts, the officials or warning, or if an environmental disaster that can cost more many more lives. so earlier today and has spoken to the deputy mayor of the city of that and i'm at my do it

so dar is in the libyan capital. tripoli, restore what continue. can you tell us about what's happening in the most effected area during a well, in the city of deadman? now the main issue is the house because it is the of the type of teaching so rapidly as now it has been based off of the disaster. the data but is taught to be started to be become post and the fee of here is that this, the composing bodies could lead to an academic. and that's why the experts, the officials are running off an environmental disaster that could potentially cost many more lives. and here is a what the municipal and vitamin in the libyan national unity government. how to say that she the we must be absolutely cautious. and at the same time act with the responsibility and addressing the sources of pollution from the dead bodies on the debris to add him as carcasses. and some of them, in addition to any chemical materials washed away by the flux, was, or the deputy mayor of the city of that. now i'm up now do with also told the out to 0 that now the expectations that the

so sort are, is in the libyan capital tripoli. risk will tell us the latest. what's happening right now? well, the rescue a force are still on the way, but the city is so far away from a recover. the disaster is still on for the and they are now have a machine or is, are working. the rescue teams are relentlessly these and those working. but still we can see that minutes by minute they're still putting out the dead bodies from the mouth. and so that the body is off there that body. so those will dive. majority of them do not have even a proper place to be buried. and according to some of the reports of the immersion, so hundreds of people are being buried in the mass mass graves. so she have this, the key of destruction is quite huge. so i'm, the quarter of the city is gone, but that doesn't mean that the rest of the city is remained intact. actually, that is also the whole city is heavily, heavily effected by that quarter of the city, particularly is old. most or most this did all most destroyed the pictures that they're coming out of there and the are quite