and devastation in libya. more than - and devastation in libya. more than 5000 _ - and devastation in libya. more than 5000 are _ - and devastation in libya. more than 5000 are known - - and devastation in libya. more than 5000 are known to l more than 5000 are known to have died after the storm caused to dance to burst. a handshake to mark the union of two of the world's most isolated leaders after the visit to russia, north korea's state media says vladimir putin has accepted an invite to visit pyongyang. and is it a job beyond your wildest dreams? a us news outlet advertises for a taylor swift reporter. my from our studio in singapore, this is bbc news. it is newsday. welcome to the programme. the death toll from the weekend's devastating floods has now risen to more than

5000. what you are about to see pictures that have come in where people are describing a tsunami of water hitting the city after two dams collapsed. more than 10,000 people are still missing. the bbc�*s respondent has more details. when the storm came, fractured libya was ill—prepared. after a year's rainfall fell in just 2a hours. in daylight, as much as a quarter of the port city was revealed to be gone. engulfed by floodwater after two mountain dams failed. families were washed out to sea as they slept. the grim work to retrieve the lost is under way. locals working alongside the army are helping to remove the dead which now number in their thousands. bodies have been washed ashore by the dozens.

with terrible force, the floods swept through the city. destroying homes, cars, bridges there was no warning, no evacuation order. gently, the body of a child is recovered from the rubble. you hear are being found alive. they are overwhelmed. it is too much for those left grieving. entire families were swallowed by the deluge. i families were swallowed by the delu~e. . . , families were swallowed by the delue. ., ., , families were swallowed by the delu~e. . . , , deluge. i already lost six peeple- _ deluge. i already lost six peeple- we _ deluge. i already lost six people. we managed - deluge. i already lost six people. we managed to | deluge. i already lost six - people. we managed to take out three and we did not find the other three people. we are searching for the bodies here. we could not find them. it has lona we could not find them. it has long been _ we could not find them. it has long been marginalised. - we could not find them. it has long been marginalised. it- we could not find them. it has| long been marginalised. it was once a base for the islamic state group. years of neglect and conflict and to rival governments have seen libya for

the part. it governments have seen libya for the art. . , , governments have seen libya for the art. ., , . the part. it has been an enormous _ the part. it has been an enormous shock - the part. it has been an enormous shock and i l the part. it has been an - enormous shock and i don't want to point— enormous shock and i don't want to point the blame at anyone or create — to point the blame at anyone or create controversy even if all measures _ create controversy even if all measures had been taken, there were _ measures had been taken, there were two— measures had been taken, there were two big losses. massive losses — were two big losses. massive losses. �* ., losses. but moore could have been done- — losses. but moore could have been done. you'd _ losses. but moore could have been done. you'd want - losses. but moore could have been done. you'd want the i been done. you'd want the authority since last week. no, for years, that the dam had cracks and needs to be maintained. we said it and nobody listened to as another hole of derna is flooded. what remains here is already barely functioning. this hospital is struggling, deep in water and flooded with casualties. for medical staff, _ flooded with casualties. for medical staff, it _ flooded with casualties. for medical staff, it is - flooded with casualties. for medical staff, it is all too much _ medical staff, it is all too much this _ medical staff, it is all too much. this is _ medical staff, it is all too much. this is a _ medical staff, it is all too . much. this is a catastrophe from — much. this is a catastrophe from god~ _ much. this is a catastrophe from god. we've _ much. this is a catastrophe from god. we've lost- much. this is a catastrophe . from god. we've lost families, brothers, — from god. we've lost families, brothers, the _ from god. we've lost families, brothers, the figures _ from god. we've lost families, brothers, the figures are - brothers, the figures are massive _ brothers, the figures are massive-— brothers, the figures are massive. ., ., ., , , massive. international help is on the way- — massive. international help is on the way. these _ massive. international help is on the way. these planes - massive. international help is on the way. these planes are | on the way. these planes are from jordan but with many of

the roads in eastern libya washed away, aid will struggle to get through. this is libya's third day of national mourning and still the corpses keep coming. after a decade of chaos, this fresh tragedy is one the country cannot bear alone. quentin somerville, bbc news. earlier i spoke to a political editor at libya observer based in istanbul and he told me how the political tensions in the country were affecting the response of local authorities. it has actually slowed down the relief response from the from day one of the disaster. and that is the main problem here. we all know that libya has been split between two governments for the last decade at least, and we haven't actually felt the impact of this division because these two, like the presence of two governments, was all about vying

for power and taking control of the country and parts of the country. but now that some of the cities are experiencing this natural disaster, this calamity, we could we could see that the lack of a unified, centralised government is actually affecting the lives of people, because you have two governments that are not listening to the people and are not coordinating with each other. and some government in tripoli is saying that in darna they don't need medicines and food aid. but when you listen to the people in derna they're not, they're telling you, "we're hungry and we don't have clothes and we are afraid of diseases spreading from decomposed bodies." so how come a government says something and the people on the ground are saying another thing and the eastern

government is slowing down the arrival of relief teams and responders byjust creating checkpoints. i mean, come on, checkpoints for relief workers? this is not a military situation, but this is the problem. these to the eastern government and the east in general is used to military conflict, armed groups and stuff. they are not used to civil society work, to providing services. derna is a really collapsing city. and not now, this week. it has been collapsed. long ago there was a year long siege in 2018. and there was a war before that when isis was their war after that, when khalifa haftar forces tried to end some extremists or as they called them at the time. so there's there is this problem that has been there for a long time. what does libya need at the moment from the international community in terms of attention and in terms

of hard help? actually, the international community is now dispatching relief responders and rescuers. but the core issue here, the important thing is getting these two governments to put aside their political affiliations and there, you know, their alliances and just go there and respond to the needs of the people. that's the only thing that is needed now from the international community and threatening. the un should actually not say that the two governments are coordinating. no, it should threaten both governments and both and all of the officials of those governments with sanctions if they hinder or hamper the arrival of relief response and the arrival of aid and humanitarian action, because that's what's happening now. we will be tracking rescue

efforts very closely here on the bbc. news coming in a short time ago. putin has now been invited to visit north korea's capital pyongyang. this is news that is coming and according to national north korean media and again, according to the media, vladimir putin is reported to have accepted the invite but no date has been set out for that meeting just yet. let's tell you what exactly happened during that meeting in russia. kimjung hoon during that meeting in russia. kim jung hoon told vladimir putin that russia brought bilateral ties to new level and expressed willingness to foster future relations. a promise of help with space technology seen as an critical part of the

wider nuclear weapons programme. what putin received in return is hard to tell at the moment but possibly the supply of munitions and artillery and that is the speculation. vladimir putin and the north korean leader, is this a fine romance? both leaders believe they benefit from a closer relationship. their day began with a tour of a russian space centre. launch pads, rocket systems, north korea's leader was all ears. he once helped to develop his space and missile programmes. later, president putin said that talks would cover the economy and humanitarian issues but was there a hidden agenda? in its war in ukraine, russia has been burning through ammunition. us officials

believe the kremlin has been trying to do a deal with north korea for munitions. if it has been, this former russian foreign minister is unimpressed. it foreign minister is unimpressed.- foreign minister is unimpressed. it is very humiliating _ unimpressed. it is very humiliating that - unimpressed. it is very humiliating that a - unimpressed. it is very i humiliating that a russian unimpressed. it is very - humiliating that a russian ally is now north korea again. but the kremlin seems to believe that a great power is one that stands up to america. so was there and i'm still wasn't there? we simply do not know but what is clear, i think, is at the kremlin is using closer ties with north korea to send a message to washington. that russia may be under pressure, under sanctions, but it still has the capacity to cause problems. big problems for the west. in other

words, is moscow using north korea to scare russia's opponents?— korea to scare russia's opponents? korea to scare russia's ouonents? . , ., ., opponents? that is what we are auoin to opponents? that is what we are going to show — opponents? that is what we are going to show you. _ opponents? that is what we are going to show you. we - opponents? that is what we are going to show you. we still - going to show you. we still have this incredible levied around the world and you don't even, we haven't even scratched the surface of how much we can do damage. if that freaks you out think that is put in's greater weapon than actual physical weapons. greater weapon than actual physicalweapons. kim greater weapon than actual physical weapons. kim and putin. it is a marriage made not in heaven but in a geopolitical maelstrom. having a shared enemy, the west, has brought them together.- brought them together. steve rosenberg. — brought them together. steve rosenberg, bbc _ brought them together. steve rosenberg, bbc news, - brought them together. steve i rosenberg, bbc news, moscow. that is the perspective from russia but there is no mistaking the overall message been sent to the west that they are not on the same page. i spoke to the managing director of asia society policy institute he told me more on the impact western sanctions

were having in bringing both these leaders together. it's very clear that what russia needs most from north korea are these military inputs. so i think it's very likely that military inputs were discussed to the united states. this is a very unacceptable escalation of russia and north korea military cooperation. not only does it have the potential to prolong russia's illegal war in ukraine, there are also restrictions placed on north korea's ability to conduct military cooperation because of its long standing violations of the norms of nuclear nonproliferation. so i think this is very concerning for the west and bears careful watching in the days and months ahead. and rory, how worrying is the promise of help in improving north korea's space technology? i mean, we've seen pyongyang's attempts at developing spy satellites in the past. i think that's also very concerning for the west, of course.

north korea continues to be an aggressive bully of its neighbours in the region who are key us allies, including south korea and japan, and advances in its military technology, its space technology, its satellite technology. all of these would be seen as counter to regional peace and stability. it's clear from the locations chosen for this visit, the rocket launching site, the aviation factories, the naval facilities that kim jong—un is reported to be on his way to visiting, that there is a lot of interest from the north koreans in advancing its conventional military space satellite programme. so i think that this is definitely a cause for concern from the west. but at the same time, it's really important to remember that kim jong—un needs to needs to show his population that he went to russia to get something significant. these are the key priorities

that he's given to his people. so i think that there is some, we need to do a little bit of waiting and seeing on what actually develops from this visit. and very briefly, rory, has this become an example of what severe sanctions can do to countries which find themselves completely isolated, like russia and north korea? i think severe sanctions do push these countries together. and what's critically important with sanctions is not just implementing them in the first place, but it's having clear and consistent enforcement. so both russia and north korea have decided that the cost of disengagement from the international community is worth the benefits of pursuing their strategic military goals. and i think it's up to the us and the west to make sure that we have the enforcement in place to to create that choice as starkly as possible and hopefully to push this in a different direction. around the world and across the uk. this is bbc news. bbc is bringing you different stories from across the uk. he plays a vital role in the fight against crime. together with his handler

josh hundley, this german shepherd is responding to a 999 call. like all police officers, he has a call number two. his is pd six, and recognition of the essential role of these animals play in modern—day policing. the force has 26 dogs, forjosh, this one is not only a colleague but a best friend as well. we are together 365 days of the year. he comes home with me, he lives with me, when i am not work i am with him still. in recognition of their service april of honour has been created at the headquarters building. recognition and for what are part of life, it seems only fair our four—legged friends should feel part of that as well. for more stories from across the uk had to the bbc news website. you're live with bbc news.

search teams were trying to dig through the rubble. the 6.8 magnitude quake has killed at least 3000 people, levelled buildings and left survivors homeless and in urgent need of food, shelter and water. a middle east correspondent has the details. searching for the scent of life. they scour the ruins of one of morocco's most devastated mountain villages. we follow the uk's rescue team on a journey to the earthquake's epicentre and this british crew, here to search for survivors and they are working against all odds.

unfortunately, colin is an experienced dog. he was in turkey earlier this year. he goes on live sand. there's been no indication. there is no interest so unfortunately, interest so u nfortu nately, doesn't look like interest so unfortunately, doesn't look like there is any live casualties in this area. so, now, it is all about recovery. how do you cope with everything you know destroyed? hussain digs at the remains of his home hoping to get his possessions and his family's clothes. i possessions and his family's clothes. . , , clothes. i was here with my famil . clothes. i was here with my family- we _ clothes. i was here with my family. we were _ clothes. i was here with my family. we were having i clothes. i was here with my i family. we were having dinner. the ceiling fell on me. it is god's decision. my brother died. there is nothing i can do. i'mjust died. there is nothing i can do. i'm just going to take my clothes out and go to the tent. and this is their home now. people are having to find a way to live with the foul air of death all around them. they say

more than 100 were buried instantly when the quake hit here. the destruction is near absolute. only the minaret of the mosque remains. everything else, homes, streets, whole community is reduced to this. it is overwhelming. and everybody we've spoken to here says they believe everyone that was missing has died. there is no hope left of finding survivors. some supplies are arriving for people who have lost everything. all but cut off from the outside world, residents say they need much more. , ., ., , ., more. there is no house to live in. if more. there is no house to live in- if there _ more. there is no house to live in. if there is _ more. there is no house to live in. if there is no _ more. there is no house to live in. if there is no help _ more. there is no house to live in. if there is no help from i in. if there is no help from the government, we have nothing.

the government, we have nothing-— the government, we have nothinu. . . ., nothing. and what the earth took away. _ nothing. and what the earth took away, they _ nothing. and what the earth took away, they are - nothing. and what the earth took away, they are already| took away, they are already trying rebuild. these are people shattered by loss having to find the ways to keep going. you can find more updates on the bbc news website on that story. first, a story that's garnered huge attention both in the uk and worldwide — that of 10—year—old sara sharif who was found dead in her home in surrey. now herfather, step—mother and uncle, have been arrested on suspicion of murder after arriving on a flight from dubai. they left the uk a day before sara's body was found. the bbc�*s daniel sandford has the latest. touching down at gatwick airport tonight, five weeks to the day since they flew to pakistan on the day before she was found dead, sara sharif�*s father, stepmother and uncle. minutes after the door had opened, the three could be seen through the airbridge windows being led off the plane by the police in handcuffs. and three separate vans drove them away after all

three had been arrested on suspicion of murder. their travel booking showed they had changed planes in dubai and had flown business class from there to london. the vans arrived a short time later at guildford police station. urfan sharif, beinash batool and faisal malik will now be questioned about what they might know about her death. two men, aged 41 years and 28 years and a woman, aged 29 years, was arrested on suspicion of murder after disembarking a flight from dubai. they are currently in custody and will be interviewed in due course. when police discovered sara sharif�*s body, she had multiple and extensive injuries. so much so, it was unclear which injury had caused her death. she had been found at the family home in woking where she had lived with herfather,

stepmother and uncle, and five siblings. the local imam in woking said he was pleased that the adults had now returned. the whole community is anxious what has happened to sara and why did it happen and how did it happen. so all these questions, of course the police will investigate. it brings to an end an extensive search by police in the districts around the pakistani city othelum, which led to many of the family being questioned and the five children who travelled with them being taken, at least temporarily, into pakistani government care. it was on the 8th of august at urfan sharif for airline tickets to take his family to pakistan. the next day, he and his partner, beinash batool and his brother, faisal malik travelled to islamabad with sara's five siblings. on the tenth, sara's body was discovered at her family home in woking. and the family arrived in pakistan. it's thought they went to the city othelum where stayed for a few days. on the 15th, police in pakistan received a request from interpol to find them,

but they were unable to locate them. last wednesday, urfan sharif and beinash batool appeared in a video sent to the bbc saying sara died in an incident and they were willing to cooperate with the uk authorities. on monday, pakistani police found sara's siblings at their grandfather's house in jhelum. the pakistani authorities are now looking after them. surrey police said sara sharif�*s mother olga sharif had been told about tonight's arrests and was being supported by specialist officers. daniel sanford, bbc news. the attack highlights you

have's growing missile capabilities. moscow says its ships were damaged in those strikes. of these 56 people have died in a huge apartment block fire in the vietnamese capital of hanoi. about 70 people were rescued from the ten story building with many of them taken to the hospital. to them taken to the hospital. to the us now a two—week manhunt for an escaped killer has come to a dramatic end. more than 500 officers hunted danelo cavalcante after he broke out of prison on the 31st of august. he'd been awaiting transfer to state prison to serve a life sentence forfatally stabbing an ex—girlfriend. gary o'donoghue reports. relieved in their moment of triumph, this pennsylvania police swat team seemingly unable to resist parading their captive moments after he was tracked down. cavalcante's extraordinary crab—like escape from prison two weeks ago was caught on security video. it was a route another inmate had used back in may, though he was captured straightaway.

cavalcante was on the loose for two weeks, staying at large by breaking in to homes and stealing clothes and food, as well as a rifle. police got their breakthrough when a plane detected a heat source on the ground, and at dawn they moved in, a police dog pinning him to the ground. i believe he was taken by surprise, and i believe the canine played a large role in him not being able to utilise that firearm. the break—out came just a week after he'd been sentenced to life without parole for the brutal murder of his girlfriend deborah brandao, who was stabbed dozens of times in front of her two small children. we are so relieved, i can't even tell you. a quiet place that's remained untouched, and i'm glad he's out of it. ecstatic that they got him. i mean, showing our guys can get it done. cavalcante was also wanted for a murder in his native brazil, from where he fled in 2018, entering the united states illegally through florida. this is the latest

in a spate of prison breaks in pennsylvania. the state governor is now promising a full inquiry. gary o'donoghue, bbc news. shout out to all taylor swift fans. it's being described as the �*dream job' for swifties or even, beyond their �*wildest dreams'. a major newspaper chain in the us is advertising for a reporter who will exclusively cover news related to the singer and songwriter taylor swift. she's one of the biggest names in music — and her current �*eras' world tour is breaking records. the job advertisement was posted on tuesday by gannett — the owner of several major newspapers, including usa today. hello. thursday promises to bring a real mix of weather across the uk. for much of wales, parts of the midlands and northern england, we will have a band of cloud bringing some

outbreaks of rain at times. to the south of that, it will be dry and warm. to the north of that, a mix of sunshine and showers. and in the far north, in northern scotland, some strong winds. it's all because of an area of low pressure and this dangling frontal system here. this weather front, will be very, very slow—moving through the day on thursday, so we will see that band of cloud and rain across wales, parts of the midlands, some parts of northern england. we start the day with gales across the north of scotland and some heavy rain drifting its way across the northern isles. scotland, northern ireland, the far north of england can expect a day of sunny spells and scattered showers. then here's our rain bands, the rainjust waxing and waning across parts of wales, the north midlands, northern england. to the south of that, some spells of sunshine and some warmth, highs of 23, 2a, maybe 25 degrees. now, through thursday night, our rain band will tend to pep up again and it will also drift northwards across northern england, into northern ireland, southern and central parts of scotland by the end of the night. to the south of that,

clear spells, 11 or 12 degrees. to the north of that, actually rather chilly in the north of scotland. but for friday, well, it looks very wet indeed across northern ireland, rain also affecting southern and central parts of scotland. and underneath the cloud, with the outbreaks of rain, temperatures in glasgow only getting to 13 degrees, 1a there in belfast. compare that with 25 in london. some warmth and humidity building down towards the south. into the weekend, this area of low pressure swirling to the south—west of us will try to throw some showers or longer spells of rain in our direction. and with that, some relatively warm and humid air. that said, many places on saturday will see a fair amount of dry weather. a little bit of cloud, some bits and pieces of rain here and there, maybe some thunderstorms in the channel islands and the south—west of england. but towards the south—east corner, in the sunshine, highs of 26 or 27 degrees. always cooler and fresher further north, but some warmth

and humidity for many of us on sunday. with that, some heavy showers and some thunderstorms. that's all from me. bye for now.

fuel prices in the us are driving up the cost of living, raising concerns over whether the us federal reserve will keep rates steady.

drivers are revving their engines for this weekend's f1 in singapore. but the sport is far from the finish line when it comes to meeting their energy emissions goals. hello and welcome to asia business report. i'm arunoday mukharji. we begin in the us, where consumer prices have risen by more than expected last month, driven by higher costs for rent and fuel. the inflation rate rose 3.7% over the 12 months to august. that's up from 3.2% injuly. the figures underscore the challenges facing officials trying to stabilise prices, which soared last year at the fastest pace in decades. analyst dimitri zabelin says american consumers continue to feel squeezed by the rising cost of living. a lot of the inflation, if you look at it in the us, is really coming from shelter and housing. and particularly you mentioned

the cpi numbers earlier. while the headline cpi did increase, core cpi —