it's a race against time for rescuers in morocco as the death toll surpasses 2000, following friday's powerful earthquake. and the 620 summit ends with leaders divided over theirjoint declaration that avoids condemning russia for its war in ukraine. hello, i'm carl nasman, thanks forjoining us. luis rubiales has stepped down as president of spain's football federation following weeks of controversy over a forcible kiss at the women's world cup final. mr rubiales has insisted the kiss was consensual, and until now, had refused to step down despite being suspended by football's international governing body, fifa. joe lynskey has this report. it was the image that

overshadowed spain's world cup—winning moment — a kiss from the federation president that's brought three weeks of fallout. now, luis rubiales has stood down from his post. you're going to resign? yes, cos i cannot continue my work. in this situation now, i think i have to do. the player he kissed, jenni hermoso, said it wasn't consensual and football's world governing body had already taken action. rubiales is currently suspended by fifa from all football activity. tonight, he added in his statement: "waiting and holding "on is not going to contribute to anything positive, "neither to the federation nor to spanish football". last month, rubiales had refused to resign, but as he stayed at the helm, more and more spanish players said they would refuse to play. much of the women's squad remain on strike. rubiales now follows

the winning coach in leaving his position. the former president says he wants to bring stability as spain bid to host the men's world cup. for the women's team, this was a trophy that brought a split like none before. now the man at the centre has stepped back from the game. joe lynskey, bbc news. earlier, i spoke with semra hunter, a journalist who covers spanish football, based in barcelona. thank you for taking the time to speak with us. luis rubiales has been under this immense pressure for several days, weeks now. what do you make of the timing of his resignation? why now? there are two fundamental reasons as to why he decided to do it now, three weeks after the incident happened. the first of which has to do withjenni hermoso officially filing her complaint to the prosecutor's office to now continue with the criminal proceedings that had initially already been started but they couldn't officially continue without her official complaint. she had 15 days to do

so and she finally did last tuesday. on top of that, luis rubiales said in an interview he had with piers morgan that he had been speaking to his daughters, to his father and basically they said to him, listen, luis, at this point in time, you really should just focus on your dignity and it probably is the right course of action to step down at this stage and not continue to cause further harm and damage that has already been created up until this point in time. it is a little bit of a head scratcher that he hasn't seemed to consult his daughters earlier in the last three weeks but i suppose better late than never. i do think he ultimately saw the writing on the wall, he saw the wagons circling in, he saw the insurmountable amount of pressure that you talked about across spanish football as well as internationally as well and i think that he finally recognised the reality that he was facing and that there really was no other option but to step down at this point in time. what's the reaction been so far to this announcement in spain? the reaction comes as no

surprise is that many people are rejoicing the fact that this has happened. a lot of people are saying why now? why has it taken him so long and why couldn't he do it earlier, he could have saved us all the pain and trouble and everything we've gone through for the last two or three weeks — but a lot of people are really happy that it's happened because they felt as though it really did need to. it was just an untenable situation for everyone and has put so much strain and stress on spanish football, on spanish society, on the federation and beyond and we have to consider as well that there is still very much this all—important bid for the 2030 world cup between spain, portugal and morocco and this was very much damaging that candidacy. so i think the reaction really has been unanimous in saying finally this has happened, may be better late than never, but hopefully this can be a turning point for women's football and for the federation and it can be the first step towards bringing about the change

that so needs to happen that these women have been asking for for such a long time now as well and hopefully it will be a watershed moment for women's football and for spanish football overall and perhaps even society as well going forward. just building on that, what do you think comes next now? not only for rubiales himself but for women's football in spain and then for spanish football in general. for rubiales himself, i think right now his main concern is going to be trying to defend himself in a criminal court because he is looking at a potential sentencing of anywhere between a fine and five years in prison if found guilty. in spain there is a law that if you are a first—time offender and a sentence is given out for less than two years and you don't have a criminal record, then you don't actually have to serve anyjail time, so it could be the case maybe he willjust have to pay a fine and usually 3—5 years is reserved for more serious cases of this nature.

but whenever it comes to women's football, right now we haven't seen any changes within the federation and this was a brilliant opportunity to do so. what i mean by that is that you still have those who are the allies, the close friends, those who believed in the philosophy of rubiales, they're still very much in charge. so in that sense it's very much a continuation of what was already there. then you have a couple of changes within the federation — there's been a newjob or title or post, call it what you will — that has been created for equality within the federation but they've put a woman in charge who was already working within the organisation. they also made a woman the director of the president's cabinet, she was already working within the federation. on top of that, the coach they've brought in, montse tome, to replace jorge vilda, she's also a continuation of the philosophy and methodologies because she was the right—hand woman, the assistant for him, for the last five years. the players themselves haven't said anything but their silence i think in many ways speaks volumes. and it doesn't seem as though as they might be very inspired

or motivated by this appointment. it was a perfect opportunity to bring someone completely fresh from the outside who could bring new ideas and also perhaps with them a new coaching staff because it may be the case that montse brings back the same coaching staff that was already there withjorge vilda, so there really hasn't been these huge systematic changes the federation has been promising up until now. semra hunter, a football journalist based in barcelona, thank you so much. thank you. to morocco now, where the death toll from friday's earthquake has soared past 2100. the race is on to clear debris from roads leading to the remote atlas mountains — that's the epicentre of the quake. this is the mountain village of imine—tala, very few buildings have been left standing. residents are searching through the rubble in hope of finding survivors — or belongings — as they wait for help. the red cross has warned time

is running out to prevent what it calls a "disaster within a disaster" if water and food aid don't reach survivors soon. at least 300,000 people have been impacted by the quake — that's according to un estimates. disaster experts from the us arrived in morocco on sunday to help assess the damage and response. the moroccan government says it has accepted aid from four other countries — the uk, spain, qatar and the uae. meanwhile, on the ground, aid groups are working to help survivors. the red cross and red crescent federation says, �*the search and rescue effort is the focus at this point and trying to get heavy machinery into those remote areas of the atlas mountains to help with that is a priority. our partner on the ground, the moroccan red crescent, is working to provide first aid and keep people safe from harm as the aftershocks continue.�* the epicentre of the massive 6.8 magnitude earthquake was 45 miles southwest of the tourist hub of marrakesh which has also sustained major damage.

0ur correspondent anna holligan is on the ground there and filed this report. essential aid is on the way. the moroccan military has been deployed to distribute food and clear the landslides. international assistance is starting to arrive. spain and the czech republic have sent search and rescue teams. british aid charities are coming too. inside the ancient city of marrakesh, miles away from the epicentre of the quake, a quarter of the population has been effected. a man said he would rather be home with his family but he can't afford not to work. if you want to help this country, come to this country because this country i think especially this city needs the tourist more than in the past. this is a unesco world heritage site. the un's cultural agency said it would help morocco to assess the damage and come up with a repair strategy

to reconstruct these cherished cultural assets that attract visitors from around the world. everything just started shaking, the whole room was going like this. these two are here for their honeymoon. everyone was panicking, women were in tears. there was just so much uncertainty on what was going to happen next. do we go back? do we wait here? there are buildings surrounding us so and we're scared they're going to fall down. all the buildings have cracks in them now. tourists have been queueing up to donate blood, hoping their presence here can help those who have nowhere else to go. anna holligan reporting there. rescue teams have reached the town of asni after the moroccan army cleared a landslide on the access road. but other small remote communities remain cut off by rockfalls and there are reports of entire villages flattened. 0ur correspondent nick beake has made it to another community in the atlas mountains.

she sobs. the grief was unbearable. and found in every corner of this tiny community. their spirit crushed a little more every time news arrived of another body recovered. the bricks and stones of their traditional houses no match for the size of this quake. the village of tafeghaghte levelled in seconds. abu rahman was being comforted by everyone who saw him. he tells us he's lost his wife and his three boys. he wants to take us to where his family lived so happily until friday night. a walk through the rubble of this remote atlas mountain wilderness. "our house was up there", abu rahman tells us. "you can see the white blankets

and the furniture, too. "everything else has gone." he ran home after the earthquake and says he started screaming out for his kids but there was nothing. "we buried them yesterday", he says. "i felt so sorry for them. when we found them, they were all huddled together, the three boys asleep. "they all went down with the earthquake." we've been told that about 200 people used to live here in this village. of those, 90 are already confirmed to have died. many more are missing, somewhere here beneath the rubble. others are in hospital. and when you look at this and try and take it all in, you realise people simply didn't stand a chance and this scene of devastation is replicated right across this vast mountainous region.

sitting among the only possessions she now has left, we meet this woman, mourning her son—in—law. translation: we pray for god to help us - and the government too, and the king. the first professional emergency teams to arrive here are spanish firefighters. it's not a search for signs of life but for the dead. there are no miracle rescues here in tafeghaghte — this epicentre of pain and suffering. nick beake, bbc news, in the atlas mountains. around the world and across the uk, this is bbc news. let's look at some other stories making news. the presidents of chile and mexico have called for the strengthening of democracy in latin america during a joint address on sunday to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the 1973 coup of president salvador allende in chile.

the remarks came hours after a peaceful march erupted into violent clashes with police. two foreign aid volunteers were killed in a russian missile strike in eastern ukraine on saturday, kyiv confirmed. their vehicle had suffered a direct hit, flipped and caught fire as it drove towards bakhmut. the workers were identified as spanish and canadian citizens. a german and swedish national were also injured in the attack. rescuers in southern turkey have moved american explorer mark dickey to a base camp 700 metres down in the morca cave after ten hours of navigating him through the cave on a stretcher. dickey became trapped more than 1,000 metres underground when he suddenly became ill and was unable to leave. you're live with bbc news. turning to delhi now, where india formally handed over the g20 presidency to brazil on sunday,

at the closing ceremony of the group's annual summit. prime minister narendra modi completed the transition by passing the ceremonial gavel to brazil's president, luiz inacio lula da silva. on saturday, the group issued a joint declaration on the war in ukraine, but the text made no direct reference to russian aggression. moscow has since termed the meeting a success. from delhi, the bbc�*s south asia correspondent yogita limaye reports. a poignant start to the final day of india's g20 presidency, a moment to remember the country's most revered leader, mahatma gandhi, and his message of peace. but war and regional conflict has meant the summit wasn't a full house. the presidents of russia and china didn't attend. and whatever national views these countries might hold about the war in ukraine, when it came down to business, concessions were made.

g20 leaders summit declaration. "we've reached a consensus on the joint declaration." india's prime minister, narendra modi said. it was a statement that significantly watered down moscow's role in the war. the paragraph about ukraine made no mention of russia, and today, in response to a bbc question, its foreign minister said they were surprised that all countries agreed to it. translation: speaking frankly, we didn't expect that, _ we were 100% ready to defend our honest wording of the text. the indian presidency played a decisive role and other countries also played a part. the fact that western countries consented to the language is a step in the right direction. later in the day, the french president responded to questions about the summit being seen as a win for russia. translation: i don't think it's a massive diplomatic victory i

or anything other than the reality of isolation and minority status. many questions were asked about what could really be accomplished at a summit where both the russian and chinese presidents were not attending. but what india has effectively done is it's displayed its influence. the evidence in the paragraph about the war in ukraine, in the joint statement, consistent with india's own stance on the war and the inclusion of the african union into the 620, something which india has been advocating for. this summit is a big step forward in this country's effort to project itself as the voice of the developing world. yogita limaye, bbc news, delhi. chinese president xijinping may have skipped the g20, but china's influence still loomed large. british prime minister rishi sunak confronted china's second—in—command at the summit to express what he called "significant concerns about china's interference" in british democracy. this comes after a parliamentary researcher was arrested and accused

of spying for china. here's our political correspondent, nick eardley. two men have been arrested. one in his 30s was arrested in oxfordshire. another in his 20s was arrested in edinburgh. this all happened in march this year. it was a few months ago butjust emerging now. it is the latter man that we are particularly interested in because, speaking to various people who work in parliament, it is a parliamentary researcher — someone who has had contact with some pretty senior conservative mps actually — people like the chair of the foreign affairs select committee, people like the security minister, although my understanding is that it was before he had that cabinet role of security minister. it has raised three key concerns. one is about the level of scrutiny and vetting that goes on for

parliamentary passholders. the other is the level of contact that some mps have with researchers, who they perhaps do not know a great deal about. the third, the big debate that i think it's starting to reignite today, is about the uk government's position on china. because the uk has been having more contact with china in recent weeks than it has for years. the foreign secretary james cleverly was in beijing a couple of weeks ago. there are a lot of conservative mps who are furious about that, frankly, and are going to use this situation, this arrest and allegation that this man has been arrested over spying claims linked to china, they are going to use that to reignite that debate and say we are need a much stricter approach when it comes to the regime in beijing. in tennis, world number one novak djokovic, has battled to a career—defining victory at the us open in new york. the serbian player

overcame russia's daniil medvedev in straight sets after a nail biting tie—break in the second, after which medvedev crumbled. it means djokovic has won a record—equalling 2a grand slam single titles, matching margaret court's all—time record. the win also avenged djokovic's loss in straight sets to medvedev at the us open final in 2021 — the russian�*s only grand slam title so far. a short while ago i spoke to lukas weese, staff editor at the athletic, about djokovic's victory and career. djokovic throughout his career has often played the villain when he came to arthur ashe stadium in new york. but that hasn't been the case lately, has it? describe the atmosphere there tonight for his victory. thank you for having me on, carl. it was an historic moment for novak djokovic and the crowd gave them a roaring ovation when he beat daniil medvedev in straight sets to win his

24th grand slam title. an incredible fortnight for djokovic, only dropping two sets in the two weeks. at 36 years old, he is the oldest single slam champion. he is continuing to push the boundary of what is possible in professional men's tennis. remarkable to see. he won in straight sets. but he had to battle, didn't he? we saw a different rallys of 20 and 30 shots. amazing play. what did you make of the match itself as a way that djokovic, even at times he was bending over his racket? he was pushed to the limit. for sure. you have to give credit to daniil medvedev. this was a match between two human walls, with all of the rallies, the long points, the second set like you said earlier, lasting over 100 minutes. going into his second set tiebreaker. even when djokovic looked like he was physically struggling, he was able to find

the points necessary to win. he came up with big shots and particularly employing the serbian volley. medvedev could not really adjust or deal with djokovic's movement to get to the net so quickly and that was a difference i think for djokovic to win this match. so 24th grand slam symbols trophy now. ——singles that matches margaret court. where do you think he sits among the all—time greats? he has certainly separated himself as the greatest men's single player of all—time. he is two above of rafael nadal and four ahead of roger federer. no—one in men's tennis has won two of every atv 1,000 titles until novak djokovic. i think you would have to say, djokovic — it did not start so well for him.

he had to lose in finals and lose some long matches against the likes of nadal and federer before he final ascended to b1 of the best on the apt tour. credit to nadal and federer to push djokovic to get to this point. but djokovic has exceeded them in terms of success and accomplishment in professional tennis. what you think comes next now for djokovic? he has been talking a lot about his age recently at press conferences. you brought up his age as well. how long do you think you can keep this up? it was interesting at the tournament. he said he will continue to keep playing until some of the younger players just start beating him easily. and that has not happened yet. newsflash — even at 36 years old, djokovic is still dominating some of the younger players on the atp tour. there is no—one better in men's tennis right now at conditioning than novak djokovic is. if he can stay healthy he is definitely motivated with the competitors

like carlos alcaraz coming up through the ranks. what is next for djokovic is 106 days from now when he looks to defend another australian open title and becomes thefirst tennis player man or woman to win 25 slam singles title. briefly lucas, you mention carlos alcaraz. who is that young player who can try to take on the old man of tennis now? carlos alcaraz won wimbledon of course, beating djokovic in five sets. an incredible match. the first time djokovic lost at wimbledon in centre court in ten years. alcatraz did not lose to medvedev in the semifinals but it was still a remarkable gear for the young spaniard. he is only 20 years old. he has two slam titles already, the future is definitely bright for the 20—year—old. lucas, who is helping us break

down a pretty fun us open, lucas weese, staff editor with the athletic. thank you very much. before we go — the world of flower design has also crowned its new world champion. the floral design world cup was held for the first time in the uk. it's described as the olympics crossed with the chelsea flower show. these displays were created using more than 200,000 stems. germany's nicolas peters won the title of world champion and the £15,000 grand prize. not add. stay with us here on bbc news. that's all from us here in washington. we leave you with these live pictures of london as we hand off to our colleagues there. thank you so much for watching bbc news.

morning, all. a stormy end to our weekend of what has been quite a remarkable week of weatherjust passed. on sunday, we saw highs of 33 degrees yet again, so that, coupled with last week's temperatures, saw seven consecutive days where we've seen 30 degrees or more — a record for september. but our week ahead is certainly going to see a change. yes, we'll have some warmth on monday, but a noticeable, fresher feel for all of us. these are our maximum temperatures expected as we go through the week ahead, so low 20s quite widely. we've got a weather front then still pushing in from the north. it's a cold front, and this will gradually introduce the change to the weather story. eventually, that front is going to push its way steadily south and the wind direction swing around to more of a northwesterly, cooler, fresher air tucking in behind. so, to begin with,10—11 degrees in the north —west of the great glen. a mild start once again for england and wales, still feeling quite humid out there. and this is where we'll see the best of the sunshine and the warmth on monday. a showery band of rain

through northern england and north wales. cloudy and sunny spells and scattered showers following in behind. fresher here, but ahead of that front, we're still likely to see temperatures peaking at 27 degrees — that's 80 fahrenheit. now, as we move out of monday into tuesday, that weather front is still there and it's still meandering its way slowly south and east, taking its time in doing so. ahead of the front is where we'll keep the milder conditions, so first thing on tuesday morning, 16 degrees, fresher behind single figures for scotland and northern ireland, the front will gradually sink its way south. it could bring some much needed rain actually across the midlands, east anglia and southeast england. behind it, some sunnier spells and clearer conditions. so we're looking at 13—18 degrees here, highest values if we're lucky of around 22 celsius. then as we move out of tuesday, finally, that frontal system eases away. high pressure is set to build and keep things quite quiet.

that means a chilly start potentially in the far northeast on wednesday morning. maybe temperatures low enough for a touch of frost in sheltered glens of scotland, but it will lead to a largely fine bright day on wednesday, noticeably fresher with showers for the end of the week.

voice-over: this is bbc news. we'll have the headlines for you at the top of the hour, which is straight after this programme. welcome to hardtalk, i'm stephen sackur. the people of sweden have had a lot to get their heads around in the last year. membership of nato hasn't happened yet, but it is coming, and that means stockholm is rethinking its strategic posture. at home, power is in the hands of a conservative coalition which leans on the support of the far—right. when it comes to policy on migration, crime, and free speech, sweden's old liberal consensus is fractured. my guest is sweden's foreign minister, tobias billstrom. has sweden become europe's most polarised country? tobias billstrom, in stockholm, welcome to hardtalk. thank you very much.