the usjustice department has taken google to court and we'll hear from vanuatu's attorney general about why the pacific island nation is taking bigger nations to court over carbon emmissions. live from our studio in singapore, this is bbc news. it's newsday. welcome to the programme. the big story coming out of libya — the united nations has called it a "calamity of epic proportions" — devastating floods that have killed more than two thousand people with at least ten thousand missing. libya has been torn apart by civil war, and operates under two governments hampering the relief effort. in the port city of derna a pair of dams burst leading to a massive surge of water. our correspondent anna foster has the latest. a torrent of water that washed away everything in its path. the devastation is easy to see. the death toll is harder to quantify. the red crescent and red cross say as many as 10,000 people are missing. in the street, lines of body length and by the hour. mass graves are beginning to fill. many people struggle to find out if their families were still alive, like this lady. th

we can now cross live to germany and speak with vanuatu's attorney general — arnold loughman.g. thank you for your time here on bbc news. thank you for your time here on bbc news. in your opening remarks to the tribunal you said your country was running out of time. that's a desperate call for help — why did you feel the need to take these high emitting nations to court? thank you for having me. i thought i heard the opening remarks were taking the matter to the international criminal court. it is currently i am in germany attending the hearing. i currently i am in germany attending the hearing-— currently i am in germany attending | the hearing._ when the hearing. i stand corrected. when i sa time the hearing. i stand corrected. when i say time is — the hearing. i stand corrected. when i say time is running _ the hearing. i stand corrected. when i say time is running out _ the hearing. i stand corrected. when i say time is running out what - the hearing. i stand corrected. when i say time is running out what i - i say time is running out what i mean by that is our homes are b

i spoke with vanuatu's attorney general arnold loughman. 0ur homes are being affected.ere. if we think its business as usual, small island states are going to be affected. it's really serious for us in the island. you've also said in your arguments that your good faith has been exploited and your voices ignored. why do you feel that? because negotiation have been going on for many years. we've had discussions and nothing concrete came out of it in terms of protecting the small islands. we come to it in good faith and we are not seeing results. shire we are not seeing results. are ou we are not seeing results. are you concerned _ we are not seeing results. are you concerned that the damage already done will be hard to reverse, in a sense?- already done will be hard to reverse, in a sense? some of the damage _ reverse, in a sense? some of the damage that _ reverse, in a sense? some of the damage that has - reverse, in a sense? some of the damage that has already| the damage that has already been done... that is gone. but what we hope to achieve is, you know, maybe we can

the usjustice department has taken google to court and we'll hear from vanuatu's attorney general aboutnews. it's newsday. welcome to the programme. the big story coming out of libya — the united nations has called it a "calamity of epic proportions" — devastating floods that have killed more than two thousand people

they'd planned to sail to the city from the pacific archipelago of vanuatu — a distance of 1,200 milesnesday after both hulls of their vessel were damaged by several shark attacks. the australian government says the coral sea is home to more sharks "than almost any other survey site in the world". hello, the heat wave is continuing into its fourth day today. much of the uk hot and sunny out there. this was the picture in gwyneth a little bit earlier on. beautiful blue skies there. some of us have had a little bit more cloud, but the temperatures are the real talking point. the hottest day of the year so far was way back injune at 32.2 celsius. but today we're likely to see one or two spots getting up to 32 celsius once again. so potentially the warmest day of the year so far. meanwhile, storm daniel sits in the central mediterranean. now that has brought some really heavy rain to parts of greece, some torrential flooding, for instance, there. but here it is high pressure that's driving our weather. we've had a bit of low cloud just lingering around some of these east coasts, but that's

circumnavigate the world on a catamaran when they were attacked several times on theirjourney between vanuatue picked up by a nearby cargo ship. you're live with bbc news. the uk's national air—traffic service has explained the cause of the problem which led to the cancellation of more than 2000 flights at the end of august. a preliminary report says it was a system error — followed by a back—up failure — which both occurred within 20 seconds. our transport correspondent katy austin reports. from holiday bliss to airport misery. thousands of people's plans were thrown into chaos amid hundreds of cancellations. with planes and crew out of position and most flights already booked up, many people found themselves stuck abroad, facing long waits to get home. behind it all, a problem at air traffic provider, nats. a newly—published report says there was an extremely unusual error with the system it uses to process flight plans last monday morning. it happened after one was received containing two markers with the same label, but in different locations. it was so unusual. in fact, one in 15 million

however, he has refused vanuatu.ell all tv interviews stateside to dodge potential questions about his estranged brother, harry. so ladies, see do you have any concerns about this trip or is it a completely necessary step for the prince of wales to carve out his new role as . as. >> well , um, as. >> well, um, sorry , i can barely >> well, um, sorry, i can barely hear you. >> dan oh, no. >> dan oh, no. >> so i'm going to refer to my notes , please. um, no, not notes, please. um, no, not really. no concerns at all. the reality is that there is a huge difference between party politics and global representation of heads of state and. and people who will become heads of state. william has a political role. it's not a party. political role, but it is a political role. and he needs to fulfil it. and and, uh, you know , the fact that he is being know, the fact that he is being going to be a global statesman doesn't mean that he shouldn't get involved in political issues . it means he shouldn't get involved in party politica

however, he has refused vanuatu.l all tv interviews stateside to dodge potential questions about his estranged brother, harry. so ladies, see do you have any concerns about this trip or is it a completely necessary step for the prince of wales to carve out his new role as . as. >> well , um, as. >> well, um, sorry , i can barely >> well, um, sorry, i can barely hear you. >> dan oh, no. >> dan oh, no. >> so i'm going to refer to my notes , please. um, no, not notes, please. um, no, not really. no concerns at all. the reality is that there is a huge difference between party politics and global representation of heads of state and. and people who will become heads of state. william has a political role. it's not a party. political role, but it is a political role. and he needs to fulfil it. and and, uh, you know , the fact that he is being know, the fact that he is being going to be a global statesman doesn't mean that he shouldn't get involved in political issues . it means he shouldn't get involved in party political