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Rescuers in mexico are desperately searching for survivors after a huge earthquake caused widespread damage in the capital mexico city and surrounding areas. More than 200 people have been killed, including more than 20 children who died when their Primary School collapsed. 30 children are still missing and the death toll is expected to rise. The earthquake struck exactly 32 years to the day after mexicos worst ever quake which killed 10,000 people. There are some distressing images in this report from jon donnison. Overnight in mexico city, a desperate race against time to try and save lives. Much of the focus on this flattened Primary School where at least 20 children were killed and dozens more are still missing. Family and friends clinging to hope their loved ones might still be pulled out alive. Translation the only thing weve been told is to go to the hospitals to check if our family members are there. But my family has gone and there is no news of our relatives. In some places sniffer dogs have been brought in to try and locate people who might be trapped. But shifting the rubble is going to take time. The mexican president visited the Primary School to see the rescue Operation First hand. Translation as of now 22 bodies have been found including two adults. There are 30 children missing, eight adults still missing and the rescue efforts are ongoing. And, remarkably, those efforts are paying off. Several children pulled from the wreckage. In daylight, the scale of the damage across mexico city is even more striking. And all this in a city of more than 20 million, with one of the highest population densities in the world. It seems inevitable the death toll will go up. This is the moment the earthquake hit at lunchtime yesterday. This massive city looking like it was under attack. You were lucky if you got out alive. This is my building, i was inside the building when it collapsed. We got to the bottom and everything came around us. Everything is gone. This cctv film is from a Shopping Centre as the roof begins to collapse. This woman getting out of the way not a moment too soon. And for those who survived, theyre going to need help. Translation well need antibiotics, wooden boards, ropes. Blankets, food, medical help. Much of mexico city is now in ruins. But the epicentre of this massive quake was some 75 miles away. In those more remote communities the situation could be even worse. Jon donnison, bbc news. Ioan grillo is a journalist who lives in mexico city. He joins me now on webcam. As hours pass. The desperate situation. People still alive under the rubble . Certainly. Hundreds, possibly thousands. People can survive for a long time. In haiti, that earthquake, a young boy survived for 27 days. A lot of people are under there. And many buildings. The scale is immense. We have seen some reports about some of the children buried under rubble, are taking to whatsapp to try to contact relatives. Can you confirm . People have been talking about that, outside schools. A lot of rumours floating around. I have not seen any signals from childs. But some people have said that has happened. They said that phone signals have been very sporadic. It is a chance that people are sending messages from under the rubble to loved ones. And for people of certain age, it is to bring back memories of a terrifying moment. People said deaths on that scale would never happen again, and buildings would be safe . That has not happened. Construction has seen improvements, i was under 20th floor yesterday and it survived. The suspension made it move. It felt very bad. But it survived. But many are pre 1935 earthquake, these very bad. But it survived. But many are pre1935 earthquake, these are very unpredictable. The school that went down. That was a tragedy, but you see all sorts of these buildings collapse. And where exactly where you . When collapse. And where exactly where you . When it collapse. And where exactly where you . When it hit . I was on the 20th floor of a tower block. An office. It was moving around massively. Things were falling, shelves, i wa nted things were falling, shelves, i wanted to run for my life. But you had to wait for the building authorities to say that you could evacuate. Eventually, we were allowed to walk down the 20 staircases, see the chaos of millions of people on the street at the same time. Just all over the place. Thank you forjoining me. Lets speak now to dr stephen hicks, a seismologist at the university of southampton. As we have been hearing, earthquakes are not unusual at this part of the world. Why is mexico city so vulnerable . Mexico city, it is a huge populated region. It is located on an old lake bed. Thousands of yea rs on an old lake bed. Thousands of years ago, a lake here. It is built ona years ago, a lake here. It is built on a very thick layer of soil. And that can shake the area. Like jelly ina that can shake the area. Like jelly in a bowl. Waves get trapped. Causing a very high degree of shaking. And what does that mean for the buildings, because of previous experience, they would have to keep that in mind . Particularly, earthquakes at mexico occur closer to the coastline. I do not think the buildings were designed for this particular sort of earthquake, the ru ptu re particular sort of earthquake, the rupture has occurred pretty close to mexico city. 50km deep. That has really caused some of those buildings to collapse, that may not have been retrofit, designed to the standards for the sort of earthquake. Three tetonic plates affecting mexico. What has happened . Why was this so devastating . Mexico is located on the you have got the pacific crust. 0ceanic crusts. Colliding with the north american plate. And windows, aids, it sinks deeper in the earth. When it bends. It really concentrates the stresses on the region. That is why we think this earthquake a card. Almost on the kink of the plate. Net has been good of you to give us your time. Thank you. Yesterdays earthquake came on the 30th anniversary of another major earthquake in mexico city, which killed over 10,000 people. With me is david alder, who was working in mexico city in 1985. You were there. What are your memories . I was not there. But i worked a lot on earthquakes and how Civil Society has responded. I think it is important to emphasise as we have learned so much since the g re nfell tower have learned so much since the Grenfell Tower fire, all of the tragedies are political. It is important to look at that, as well as the way that politicians have failed citizens, making sure that these buildings are to stand on. That is your belief . What are we talking about . Cost cutting . We are talking about . Cost cutting . We are talking about . Cost cutting . We are talking about School Buildings . We do not know the skill of the damage. What has got a lot of coverage recently, the damage being done to more upscale neighbourhoods. With 1985 become mass devastation on the periphery. To understand the political context, i think it is important to emphasise that law in mexico is a negotiation. Between communities, leaders, often involving a lot of back door deals. What rights are guaranteed . Right to the city charter . These things are co nsta ntly the city charter . These things are constantly debated. And what about the right of a seven year old to get to eight . Where does it stop . The right of a seven year old to get to eight . Where does it stop7m the right of a seven year old to get to eight . Where does it stop . It is going to be interesting and troubling to see the political leaders of mexico shift blame, and accept the buck has to stop with certain people. The past interviewee said many buildings were built before 1985, but at this stage it is important to emphasise that the buck needs to stop somewhere. Just looking at these pictures, having looked at 1985, are you surprised by the level of devastation that we seem to be seeing . Absolutely not. It is difficult to assess the scale of devastation that we did not see. A20 of devastation that we did not see. A 20 storey building didnt fall. And if you look at the centre of the city, some of the billionaires in this regulated zone, much better protected buildings. It is no surprise that we have got a lot of informal activity that slips under the radar. As with grenfell, the political leaders fail to protect citizens. Thank you. Thank you. For the latest information on the mexico earthquake, you can head to our live page at bbc. Co. Uk news. Some news from the United Nations. We have just heard that President Donald Trump does not like the nuclear deal, but it does not mean that the United States will abandon the pact. It is not a clear signal that he plans to withdraw, but he is not happy with the deal. They are ambassador has been talking to cbs news. And also suggesting that donald trump does not want war with korea. What the president has said one day. The United States ambassador to the United Nations, trying to calm down the next. We will get you more reaction to that. Hurricane maria has hit the island of puerto rico with winds of 155 miles per hour. The category four storm is the worst to hit the island in almost a century. Residents have been warned that the impact could be potentially catastrophic. 0ur cuba correspondent will grant is in puerto rico and described the conditions there. The vast majority of people are just staying hunkered down and i think they will keep doing that for a while. This really is an extremely, extremely powerful storm at this stage. Just looking at telegraph wires flexing in the wind. It looks already like there will be quite a lot of damage as it passes through the capital san juan. Meanwhile, communications with the neighbouring island of dominica remain largely cut off but aerial photographs show flattened buildings, rivers which have burst their banks and a flooded runway. The last communication from the former british colony was from Prime Minister roosevelt skerritjust as eye of the storm passed directly over. The headlines on bbc news a 7. 1 magnitude earthquake has struck central mexico, killing more than 220 people and toppling dozens of buildings. Hurricane maria has made landfall in puerto rico, with winds of 150 miles per hour. Two more men have been arrested in south wales over last fridays terror attack on a London Underground train. And in sport. Two major paralympic championships postponed after the quake in mexico. Chris froome is trying to add a world title to his achievements. He rides in the World Championship time trial later. And more changes expected for the premier league teams in the efl cup later, arsenal taking on doncaster and one of the featured ties. I am going to have more for you later. Police investigating the bomb that partially detonated on an underground train in south west london last week have made two more arrests in south wales. A man was arrested in newport last night. Two others were held there this morning. The latest arrests mean that five men are now in custody. 0ur wales correspondent tomos morgan is in newport. As you mentioned, it is a fast moving operation. A 25 year old male was arrested last night, on the other side of the crew to, but this morning, a 30 and 48 year old arrested behind me. It is close to the centre of newport. They could have been asylum seekers, refugees, but that has not been confirmed. This is a fast moving operation. The police are continuing to investigate this house behind me, the road remains closed. This is part of the Counterterrorism Team who have come here. They have given information to south wales police. And the commander, heading the met command, said it is a fast moving operation under significant amount of activity has happened. Five people have been arrested, in connection to the Parsons Green attacks, centring on this street behind me. Thank you. The Prime Minister, theresa may, will address the United Nations General Assembly today, where she will urge internet companies, including google, facebook and twitter, to take stronger action against online extremism. And gordon corera, our security correspondent, joins me now. We have talked about this many times before. Is this the moment they have got to do something . The Technological Companies will say that they are doing something. I have spoken to google, and they said that they are already doing a lot. Twitter has suspended about 300,000 accou nts twitter has suspended about 300,000 accounts this year. Trying to use artificial intelligence. But the government fumes it is still not enough. They want a more proactive approach. Taking down material in an hour or two, even stopping it going up hour or two, even stopping it going up in the first place. The companies have said this is difficult, the government said you are the Technological Companies, you have got to get technology solutions. The difficulty, from the moment that this what the government wants to tighten up. Those first couple of hours are important. It gets spread. The government wants to get these things are we, in the initial time frame. Some talk about regulators, fines. Legislation, these Big Companies can absorb the cash implications but i think more of the issue for them is public perception. A lot of this is about public perception. The companies are worrying about the brand. The public engaging with them. And they also worry that the public could think they are being spied on. So they are worried about going too far, in terms of monitoring content. And thatis terms of monitoring content. And that is something that they are sensitive about. Thank you. Some news from kent police, two people have been charged with religious harassment, following an investigation. Both from south east london. Arrested yesterday, sorry, today. The investigation relates to the distribution of leaflets and posting of videos during a trial at Canterbury Crown court. The leader of spains catalonia region Carles Puigdemont has called on catala ns to vote resolutely in favour of independence in a referendum next month. It comes after police raided his administrations offices and arrested officials. He accused madrid of being repressive, intimidating and totalitarian, saying it had in effect imposed a state of emergency. The bin strike in birmingham has been suspended after a High Court Judge blocked the councils plan to make more than 100 refuse workers redundant. Sincejuly, piles of rubbish have been building up on the streets of the city as binmen and Council Officials fought over the proposals. The council says it needs to modernise the service and find ways to save money but the judge has condemned what he called a s sophie long reports. It is day 84 of this dispute. The rubbish is still mounting and so now is frustration. When were your bins last emptied . About four weeks. They need to be collected now. There is too much mess. When you come back at night time you see the rats running on the road. Cats as well. Everywhere there is rubbish. There are a cat droppings and rat droppings everywhere. It is not good. Maggots. A mountain of rubbish on every corner. Union leaders at Birmingham City council are fighting at the high court in london. This is what people in birmingham are living with, piles of rubbish. One man told me he cant remember the last time his bins were emptied. It smells foul, there are flies everywhere and it has been going on for months. It began injune when the council announced plans to restructure its Waste Management services. There was a pause in strike action in august when it looked like a deal might be reached. Work stoppages then resumed on the 1st of september, after the council issued redundancy notices to 106 staff. The refuse collectors then went to the high court to ask a judge to block those redundancy notices. They said they were unfair and in breach of employment contracts. This lunchtime, the strike has been suspended, asjudge Justice Fraser granted the injunction the unite union was looking for. People here will hope the rubbish will be finally removed. But this dispute might not be over yet. Sophie long, birmingham. Two people have been taken to hospital with serious injuries following an incident at a recycling plant in nottingham. The Emergency Services were called to the bio dynamic site, which recycles food waste and turns it into electricity, on the collick Industrial Estate this morning. The fire service says the blast was caused by a gas tanker which collapsed. Nearly a quarter of 14 year old girls in the uk have felt symptoms of depression, according to a study. It looked at data from more than 10,000 young people. 0ur health correspondent, dominic hughes, reports. Down and lonely and a little bit hopeless. I couldnt see a future. This is how Catherine Perrin describes her 14 year old self, struggling with anxiety and depression, and desperately trying to hold her life together. You have to pretend youre 0k every day. The only reason you have to do that is because you dont really know why you are sad and its easier than making an excuse. But you get caught in a web of lies and eventually someone finds you out. Then it makes your situation worse. Now a long term study shows a significant number of teens are also struggling with Mental Health issues. At age 11, parents of boys and girls reported that 12 had experienced emotional problems. But at 1a, when the children ask themselves, nearly a quarter of girls reported feeling depressed. Among boys, one in ten said they had felt down. The numbers of people experiencing depression is increasing. One of the authors of the report says this issue needs to be faced. Problems you express as an adolescent predict later in life. When these people become adults they are more likely to suffer from Mental Health problems. In terms of public health, this is a big issue and we need to look into it. Opening up about how you are feeling can be hard at the best of times. But for these 14 year olds, social media seems to be an added source of pressure. Everyone takes pictures of themselves, posting them on instagram. You have to be dressed nicely for all your pictures. It is an artificial version of you. They are pushing you towards stress. She says she is going to get top grades, so you have to keep that up. These young people born since the turn of the century are the smartphone generation. There is a concern the prevalence of social media on those smartphones is adding to the pressure these teenagers already get from friends, family and school. Dominic hughes, bbc news. Police and brazil have said that the body of a 43 year old has not been found, and three people have been arrested over the death. Earlier this year, this woman became one of a handful of women, to ski solo to the south pole, before a 4000 mile trip, to the mouth of the atlantic. She acknowledged the dangers that she could face. Atlantic. She acknowledged the dangers that she could facem atlantic. She acknowledged the dangers that she could face. It is humid, it has got dangerous way of life. The complete opposite to what i was doing two months ago. The area that she disappeared, it is known to bea that she disappeared, it is known to be a major drug smuggling route, with reports of violent activity. Last week, she tweeted about a group of armed men, before admitting a distress signal. The canoe was found abandoned, and positions had been sold nearby. The body has not yet been found. Three people have been arrested, including a teenager who is said to have confessed. Her family praised her adventurous spirit, seeing that they were so proud of her achievements. Time now for a look at the weather. For the western areas, we are going to have a lot of cloud and outbreaks of rain. Elsewhere, some sunny spills coming through. The warmest spots, north east wheels, and spflts earth east wheels 3,14, r r r highs 21. ,. , ,. , efiqia mi gig fif31 vsflfafft iht

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