mark lowen is in valencia.cale of this disaster is increasing by the day with the number of dead rising rapidly and many are still missing. rescuers are picking their way through cars in the hope of finding more bodies. they set up a temporary mortuary in a city convention centre. while around valencia, it is a scene of devastation. with tragedy comes an army of solidarity, community is stunned by what is becoming spain's worst natural disaster in its modern history. how do you even begin to clean up when the calamity keeps deepening? every day the dead are rising by the dozen, and for volunteers it's overwhelming. people i know here — volunteers it's overwhelming. people i know here have _ volunteers it's overwhelming. people i know here have gone _ volunteers it's overwhelming. people i know here have gone through - volunteers it's overwhelming. people i know here have gone through a - i know here have gone through a terrible agony... sorry. passed away. i'm angry because our local government didn't do anythi

let's return to mark lowen in the city of valencia, and mark, there's anger there about warnings ignoredor there at all. �* , ,., , if they were too late or there at all. , if they were too late or there at all. absolutely, spain is still in three days _ all. absolutely, spain is still in three days of _ all. absolutely, spain is still in l three days of national mourning all. absolutely, spain is still in - three days of national mourning so the political reckoning is on hold but many people here feel it will come and indeed it should come because last friday, the spanish state weather service was already forecasting the flooding on tuesday and by monday morning they had issued a maximum red alert. but it's up to regional authorities to interpret that alert and one people free mobile phone messages. those only came at 8pm on tuesday night by which time buildings were already and now look what happens just two minutes later. at 7.40, the whole street is underwater, with cars stuck in a trafficjam. people have no idea what's happening or what they should do. ten minutes later, at 7.50, we

mark lowen, bbc news, valencia.mundo. he's been speaking to people affected by the floods. i asked him whether they felt they had enough time to prepare no. by and large, based on what i have talked to people, these were very informal conversations in many cases, with friends or friends of friends who live there, they say that the alert system, which is usually very efficient, this time wasn't. this time it worked much slower than usual and in many cases the storm started before they got the alerts. again, this is something that is really unusual and this is raising a lot of questions about political responsibilities, particularly with the regional government. we particularly with the regional government.— particularly with the regional covernment. ~ . ., government. we have heard some re orts, government. we have heard some reports. and _ government. we have heard some reports, and residents— government. we have heard some reports, and residents have - reports, and residents have been talking about not having enoug

mark lowen, bbc news, valencia.hree days until election day in the united states and the focus on friday has been on the swing states in the midwest — ones that the candidates could win. kamala harris and donald trump both visited wisconsin. in 2020, joe biden took the state by a narrow margin. and once again, the polls are tight. let's hear some of mr trump at his rally in milwaukee. i would like to begin with a very simple question. very simple. are you better off now than you were four years ago? i will and inflation. than you were four years ago? i willand inflation. i than you were four years ago? i will and inflation. iwill stop the criminal invasion of our country — the biggest problem we have right now — and i will bring back the american dream. as we've been hearing, kamala harris was also in wisconsin — this was her rally in appleton. let's hear what she had to say to supporters there. all right. we have work to do, milwaukee. 0k. four days left. four days left. in the most consequential election of our li

mark lowen, bbc news, valencia. as its new leader. the former business secretary is the first black woman to lead a major party in the uk. here's our political editor chris mason. this way for the latest political drama, the conclusion of a conservative leadership race — yes, another one. anticipation and jeopardy for the spouses of the candidates — robertjenrick�*s wife clutching her seat reservation, kemi badenoch's husband hoping small talk will swallow these nervy minutes. ladies and gentlemen, please welcome kemi badenoch and robert jenrick. just moments before, the two candidates had been told the result. now, it was time for the rest of us to find out. kemi badenoch, 53,806 votes. and robertjenrick, 41,388. .. kemi badenoch had won. hugs, even tears in victory. smiles and magnanimous applause in defeat, too... ..for so long, anyway. oh, and then a bit more. there we have it, the new face of opposition, and what a task kemi badenoch takes on. it is the most enormous honour to be elected to this role, to lead t

mark lowen, bbc news, valencia.country's pro—eu president maia sandu has claimed victory in a close election run—off, considered by many as a choice between europe and russia. with most preliminary results counted, sandu was leading with almost 55% of the vote, and in a late—night speech she promised to be president for all moldovans. her election would give her a second term in office and would be a boost for moldovan aspirations of becoming an eu member state. her opponent, backed by the pro—russian party of socialists, had promised a closer relationship with moscow. during the vote, the president's national security adviser said there had been "massive interference" from russia in the election. liana fix is a resident fellow at the german marshall fund in washington. she told me what was at stake and what this election result could mean for moldova. for moldova it was a choice between europe and russia but not the first time moldovans had to take these choices. it was a choice between europe and russia but not th

mark lowen, bbc news, valencia. around the world and across the uk. this is bbc news.s making news. police scotland say they've received a "non—recent" allegation of sexual assault made against scotland's former first minister, alex salmond, who died last month. in 2020, he was cleared of 12 sexual offences charges, including rape. his alba party said the new allegation was a smear. scotland correspondent, catriona renton has more details. alex salmond was first minister of scotland from 2007 to 2014. he left the scottish national party in 2018 after a number of allegations of sexual misconduct came to light. now, he won a legal case against the scottish government over its mishandling of the complaints. now, in 2020, he was cleared of 13 sexual offence charges, including attempted rape. now, police scotland has said that they have received a separate report of a non—recent sexual assault and the information is being assessed. the herald on sunday newspaper also reported that up to six women approached the snp two years ago to complain about mr salmond. you're live wit

mark lowen, bbc news, valencia.come back, left the goat. _ scored, we come back, left the goat. we — scored, we come back, left the goal, we try to win. probably exported _ goal, we try to win. probably exported too much herself. but overall. — exported too much herself. but overall, we are happy because we knew— overall, we are happy because we knew this would be a scam. aston villa only their second premier league defeat of the season. villa had the lead going into half time but the home side scored four times in the second. brennanjohnson�*s equaliser was added to by two dominic solanke goals. dominic solanke goals, with james maddison adding a late fourth. villa could have gone third with a win. blumath buy i keep saying, we have blumath buy to stay true to the course i we are on whatever chances we have on the way with the dust ourselves off and go again and this group of players has done that. disappointing game at crystal palace but two big tests of aston villa and manchester city come, we make sure by monday

mark lowen, bbc news, valencia.e perez had this update from catarroja, one of the worst affected areas in the valencia region. we have arrived to the town of catarroja. this is south of the city of valencia. what we see here looks even worse than all the towns that we have previously visited. basically, because this is part of the ground zero of this natural disaster. some of the people we have been talking to even mentioned that they still feel in day one of the tragedy after, well, all this week of trying to resist one of the biggest natural catastrophes that spain has been going through in the past decades. we were chasing earlier a team of volunteers, a team of rescue volunteers, because there is still the hope that they might find some missing alive people. but as the time passes by, that possibility, unfortunately, is reducing. we have also been seeing this large amount of volunteers arriving for communities like this one. they were the first aid to come and help, and they still express their message of gratit

our correspondent mark lowen sent this report.the chance of a miracle fades further. in garages and car parks, they fear more bodies will be found trapped as the floodwaters rose. search dogs and mountain rescue teams scour the landscape for the missing. from high above, they're winched down to comb one car. amazingly, a woman was found alive today after being trapped in her vehicle for three days. valencia's suburbs are scenes of carnage and the authorities are overwhelmed. now the prime minister has announced 10,000 more troops and police officers to join the relief effort. whole neighbourhoods are still caked in mud. streets stricken with the remnants of lives. legions of locals do what they can to clear, but it's barely scratching the surface. outside, we met pablo. on the night of the floods, he rescued elderly residents of a nearby retirement home and retrieved the bodies of those who didn't make it. it's been destroyed ? he takes me to where the pensioners lived calmly, until tuesday. we went inside and we found them inside

mark lowen, bbc news, valencia. come as the un's children's agency condemned the killing of 50 children in the past couple of days injabalia in northern gaza, which has been under intense israeli attack for weeks. unicef said the entire population of northern gaza was at imminent risk of death from disease, famine and ongoing bombardments. james elder is a spokesman for the un children's agency. he said there needed to be some accountability to stop the killing of children in gaza. you know, we have seen an average of 35 girls and boys killed every day over the course of this war, not over the course of a month, over the course of a year. i don't think viewers quite grasp just how many thousands and thousands have been killed. these most recent two attacks were on residential buildings, as they so often are. having spent many, many days and weeks walking through hospitals in gaza, seeing children who've been trapped under burning homes, you see the impact. so two residential buildings struck, more than 50 children k

mark lowen, bbc news, valencia. plenty more information on the floods in spain on our website.lwaukee. one of the seven swing state that will be crucial in determining the outcome of the presidential election. the swing state where either candidate has a chance of winning and holds ten of the 513 electoral college votes that are needed. as soon as we have more we will bring it to you. stay with us here. hello there. apart from the fireworks, it was a quiet end to october and it's been a quiet start to november. and essentially we've got more of the same this weekend. more cloudy skies and more mild air as well. now there was some sunshine to the east of the pennines on friday. north yorkshire the place to be with about six hours of sunshine. but the breaks in the cloud that we've had here have been filling in and underneath that area of high pressure we do have cloudy skies that weather front steering a little rain up towards shetland. now with that blanket of cloud around these are the temperatures first thing on saturday and a mild ten degrees typically. and the temperatures

spain's weather agency has also issued a new severe rainfall alert. 0ur europe correspondent mark lowenror that rescuers believe still hides money. with every hour, the chance of a miracle face further. in garages and car parks, they fear more bodies will be found, track as the floodwaters rose. search dogs and mountain rescue teams scoured the landscape for the missing. from high above, they'll whinge down to car and amazingly, one was found alive today after being trapped in her vehicle for three days. valencia's suburbs are scenes of carnage and authorities are overwhelmed. now prime minister has announced a 10,000 more troops and police has announced a 10,000 more troops and

mark lowen, bbc news, valencia. sunday times reports that the private estates of king charles and prince william have received millions of pounds of income from contracts with public bodies and charities. here's our news correspondent noor nanji with more. first of all, it says that both of those estates have struck lucrative deals with various public bodies including the nhs, and it says that in the last year alone the value of those deals came to almost £50 million, and it says it includes a £37 million agreement between the duchy of cornwall and the ministry ofjustice to lease dartmoor prison, and also an £11 million deal between the duchy of lancaster and a hospital trust to rent a warehouse. now, according to the investigation, the details of those deals have not been handed to parliament, so that does raise questions about transparency. and also, both estates are exempt from paying corporation tax and capital gains tax. now, the documentary has caused a bit of a stir. we've had calls from the anti—monarchy gro

mark lowen reports from valencia. beneath the mangled scrapheap, the painful question. through what turned from tunnel to death trap. each day, new bodies found. with tragedy comes an army of solidarity, communities stunned by spain's worst natural disaster in its modern history. how do you even begin to clean up when the calamity keeps deepening? for volunteers, it's overwhelming.

our correspondent mark lowen, sent this report.into the unknown, an abyss of horror that rescuers believe still hides many. with every hour, the chance of the miracle fades further. in garages and underground car parks, they fear more bodies will be found, trapped as the floodwaters rose. search dogs and mountain rescue teams scour the landscape for the missing. from high above the flooded terrain, they are winched down to comb just one of the mangled cars. valencia's suburbs are scenes of carnage and the authorities are overwhelmed. so the prime minister has announced 10,000 more troops and police to join the relief effort. entire neighbourhoods are still caked in mud, the streets stricken with the detritus of lives. legions of locals do what they can to clear but it's barely scratching the surface. outside one damaged home, we met pablo. on the night of the floods, he rescued some elderly residents of a nearby retirement home and retrieved those that didn't make it. and it's been destroyed? yes... he takes me to the spot where th

mark lowen reports from valencia.s rose. search dogs and mountain rescue teams scour the landscape for the missing. from high above the flooded terrain, they are winched down to comb just one of the mangled cars. valencia's suburbs are scenes of carnage and the authorities are overwhelmed. so, the prime minister has announced 10,000 more troops and police to join the relief effort. entire neighbourhoods are still caked in mud, the streets stricken with the detritus of lives. legions of locals do what they can to clear, but it's barely scratching the surface. 0utside one damaged home, we met pablo. 0n the night of the floods, he rescued some elderly residents of a nearby retirement home and retrieved those that didn't make it. and it's been destroyed? yes... he takes me to the spot where the pensioners lived happily until tuesday. we went inside and we found them inside, down theirfridges, down their sofas. now when you look over there... i can't, i can't. yesterday, i tried with my brother go there and see, but i coul

mark lowen has this report.re rising by the dozen, and for volunteers it's overwhelming. people i know here have gone through a terrible agony... sorry. passed away. i'm angry because our local government didn't do anything about it knowing... they well knew this was coming and did nothing about it. when the floods came, they swept up and tossed around what lay in their path. cars, homes, lives appended. a years worth of rainfall in eight hours. juan perez inspects what is left of his home. translation: all my life, my memories. i my parents lived their and now overnight. it's all gone in five minutes. the fear now is that many more bodies will be found underground as rescuers begin to reach inaccessible areas and flush out the water. the horrors are slowly retrieved, those trapped in car parks and garages as the floodwaters rose around them. on the outskirts of valencia, firefighters are stretched to their limits, locals pitching in in a desperate attempt to clear what they can. this was just one of the rivers

our europe correspondent mark lowen has more. paiporta, ground zero of the carnage.than 60 people died here when the mud and water enveloped the valencian suburb, devastating it. into the heart of darkness today came spain's king and queen, prime minister and the regional president, accused of failing to warn of the floods in advance and of a desperately slow response. asesino! the chant, "murderer!" the anger grows. a protester attacks our camera, and then they hurl what they can find from the torrents below. this is just unprecedented. i mean, people are picking up mud, throwing it at the king. the depth of anger here and fury is just extraordinary to see. king felipe comforts some and is then led away, shielded from the crowd. his wife's face bearing a residue of mud. we'rejust 16, he says, we are helping and the leaders do nothing. people are still dying. i can't stand this any more. i have no strength left. "they left us to die," she tells me, "when we needed them, they weren't here. we've lost everything. our businesses, our homes, our dreams." and others have