neda tawfik, bbc news, new york. 0ur washington correspondent, chris buckler is at the white house.ed to questions about his relations with people at the very top of american society, does his dad to bring an end to that? —— death bring an end. jeffrey epstein could hardly have been better connected, he knew royalty, he knew bill clinton and donald trump, donald trump once he was a great guy and like him he liked beautiful women and went on to say, butjeffrey liked beautiful women and went on to say, but jeffrey epstein liked beautiful women and went on to say, butjeffrey epstein liked him, as he described on the younger side. president trump has tried to distance himself from those comments and from jeffrey epstein himself and thatis and from jeffrey epstein himself and that is also true of other us politicians who have been named in recently named civil court papers and what everyone is asking, given the publicity surrounding this case and the nature of these allegations, how could jeffrey epstein have been found dead in his cell especially after an apparent suicide attempt just t

neda tawfik, bbc news, new york.ur correspondent chris buckler has the latest from washington. it was related to state prostitution laws in florida when investigators found 36 underage girls who are victims of his crimes and there is a huge focus on this new investigation and what was to be an upcoming court case that would look at exactly what jeffrey epstein was involved in. pa rt jeffrey epstein was involved in. part of this was the fact that he was such a well—connected figure, he knew royalty, a new presidents clinton and trump. donald trump talked about him being a great guy, although he went on to say that jeffrey epstein like them, and lately, on the underside. the president has been trying to distance himself from those comments. that is true for many others. including some prominent individuals like us politicians who we re individuals like us politicians who were named in some court documents that were released in the last week. relating to a civil case that is separate to the criminal case that geoffrey e

neda tawfik, bbc news, new york.ngton correspondent chris buckler has also been following this. he says there's shock amongst epstein‘s alleged victims. some of their lawyers have been saying as far as they are concerned, the truth needs to come out about what happened at his parties, what happened whenever it was alleged he was involved in procuring underage girls essentially for sex and trying to force them into having sex with some very prominent individuals so they say that they are going to push ahead with civil cases, they are going to do their best to get what they described as the truth out there but there is a great deal of political fallout to this because jeffrey epstein was an individual who was so well connect it, he knew the great and the good, he held parties for the rich and the famous, including of course donald trump, he was pictured with on a number of occasions and indeed at one stage president trump described him as a great guy who liked beautiful women like him, although he did say epstein liked

new charges, of trafficking dozens of underage girls for sex. 0ur north america correspondent, neda tawfikhe multimillionaire sex offender was found dead in his prison cell saturday morning as he awaited trial for sex trafficking. 0nce epstein‘s extravagant lifestyle saw him party with donald trump. the president called him a terrific guy. he has since distanced himself from the convicted sex offender. originally a maths teacher in manhattan, the financier mysteriously accumulated a fortune that gained him entrance into high society and royal circles. he was close friends with prince andrew, seen here as recently as 2010 in new york. but his social status and opulent parties, his accusers say, masked lurid crimes at his many palatial estates. for more than a decade epstein faced allegations that he sexually assaulted dozens of young girls, recruited to give him and other wealthy men massages. 0ne alleged victim, virginia roberts, said jeffrey epstein instructed her to have sex with at least half a dozen prominent men, beginning when she was 16 years old. she was photographed with prince an

neda tawfik, bbc news, new york.rg, an experience defence attorney is in chicago with his reaction tojeffrey epstein‘s death. thank you for your time. the attorney general and justice department has had a lot to say, one of which they think this raises serious questions. what is your reaction? well, it's shocking, frankly. a couple of weeks ago he tried to kill himself and i don't know how he would be in a position to do it again. usually an inmate like this is made a suicide attempt is kept on suicide watch four months, kept in what they call the special housing unit or the shu so they can observe them 2a hours a day. my speculation is there was some complacency on the part of the guards at the facility where this quy guards at the facility where this guy wants to kill himself, who are we to stop him, after all the terrible things his done, he supposedly done. we don't know what's happened and obviously there is going to be an investigation but you are an experienced defence attorney, you are working on the r kelly

neda tawfik, bbc news, new york. as senior reporters at the owa state fair.the reaction to mr epstein‘s death bowl a number of democrats have been asked about it ata gun democrats have been asked about it at a gun violence forum that about 16 of them attended earlier today. their general reaction was that there should be further investigation, the idea that someone who was on a suicide watch, a 2k hours suicide watch was able to commit suicide is puzzling to them at the very least. they think this was a breakdown in the federal detention system. elizabeth warren, senator from massachusetts, detention system. elizabeth warren, senatorfrom massachusetts, she was asked about it as she said she thought there should be an investigation, as did the new york mayor bill de blasio. he said he will be asking new york attorneys, new york state attorneys to look into this as well, because there we re into this as well, because there were new york laws that epstein was charged with violating, possibly, and this happened new york territory. vice president joe and this happ

neda tawfik, bbc news, new york. powerful typhoon that struck the coast of china near shanghai is now known to have killed at least 22 people. more than a million have been forced from their homes, as lekima, the region's worst storm in five years, makes its way through the south—eastern province of zhejiang. freya cole reports. a young girl is hauled to safety as rapid floodwaters sweep through wenzhou city. she is just one of more than a million people forced to flee as strong currents inundate their homes. with huge force, typhoon lekima made landfall on saturday morning. it hit the east coast of china, tore through zhejiang province, and is headed towards shanghai. it's been downgraded to a tropical storm but not before causing widespread devastation. one of the worst hit areas, wenzhou, where torrential rain caused a deadly landslide. entire homes have been pulled apart. leaving rescuers with piles of rubble to search for survivors. for those who got away in time, sought safety in evacuation centres. in shanghai

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neda tawfik, bbc news, new york. let's get some of the day's other news.e in norway say a young woman has been found dead at the home of the man suspected of carrying out a shooting at a mosque in oslo, during which an elderly person was injured. the police believe the dead woman is a relative of the young man they've arrested in connection with the attack. the main warring parties in libya have agreed to a truce during the muslim eid al—adha holiday. the ceasefire had been proposed by the united nations mission in libya. the announcement comes amid reports that a car bomb killed two un staff in benghazi on saturday. the saudi—led coalition fighting houthi rebels in yemen has called for an immediate ceasefire. it follows separatists seizing control of key military positions and the presidential palace in aden, the seat of the internationally recognised government of yemen. john mcmanus reports. since 2015, fighting between houthi rebels backed by iran and yemeni loyalists supported by a saudi arabian led—coalition has laid waste to much of yemen. now the r