The country has seen, in almost a decade. And well be taking an in depth look at the papers with our reviewers martin lipton, chief Sports Reporter at the sun, and jane merrick, whos the policy editor at the i stay with us for that. Good evening and welcome to bbc news. The fbi is to investigate the death of the multi millionaire businessman and convicted sex offender, Jeffrey Epstein, who was found dead in his cell, in a jail in new york. The 66 year old is believed to have taken his own life, while awaiting trial on new charges, of trafficking dozens of underage girls for sex. Epstein had once counted among his friends bill clinton, donald trump and Prince Andrew. He was due to stand trial next year. Our north america correspondent neda tawfik reports from new york. The body ofJeffrey Epstein is taken away from a New York Hospital this evening. The multimillionaire sex offender was found dead in his prison cell as he awaited trial for sex trafficking. Once, epsteins extravagant lifestyle had seen him party with donald trump. The president had called him a terrific guy. He has since distanced himself from the convicted sex offender. Originally a math 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 2015 in new york. But his social status and opulent parties, his accusers say, masked lured crimes at his many palatial estates. For more than a decade, epstein faced allegations he sexually assaulted dozens of young girls, recruited to give him and other wealthy men massages. One 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 Andrew and in 2015, she alleged she was forced to have a sexual relationship with him. Buckingham palace has said those allegations are categorically untrue. In 2008, epstein pleaded guilty to lesser prostitution charges. That widely criticised plea deal is now under investigation by the department ofjustice. After 13 months in prison, he continued to live a life of luxury, but he was arrested again last month and charged with sex trafficking. Epstein was found unresponsive on the floor of his prison cell, here in manhattan. Many are now questioning how he could have apparently taken his own life and why greater precautions werent put in place after he was found semiconscious with neck injuries just two weeks ago. His victims say they would have preferred he lived to face justice. Neda tawfik, bbc news, new york. Our washington correspondent Chris Buckler has also been following this. He says theres shock amongst epsteins 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 some of those women a little younger than others. That is a comment that has come back to really ha u nt a comment that has come back to really haunt President Trump although in recent days, hes been doing his very best to distance himself from those comments and from Jeffrey Epstein as many others have as well. We have had already some Court Filings from a related but separate civil case that is taking place and in those, a number of very prominent individuals were mentioned. For example, there is mentioned. For example, there is mention of the duke of york, Prince Andrew, in which there is a suggestion that he groped someone. That has been firmly denied by Buckingham Palace which said it is categorically untrue but you do get the sense that this is not going to die down withJeffrey Epsteins death but there is going to be an attempt to push things very strongly and partly that is a response to the case a decade ago when he made a plea deal that saw him serve just over a year plea deal that saw him serve just overa year in plea deal that saw him serve just over a year injail. When plea deal that saw him serve just over a year in jail. When detectives we re over a year in jail. When detectives were investigating cases involving Something Like 36 underage girls. National grid says it will learn the lessons after nearly a Million People across england and wales, were affected by yesterdays power cut. The regulator, ofgem, has demanded an urgent report into what went wrong. The supply failure left thousands of train passengers stranded, homes up and down the country without electricity, and Ipswich Hospital lost power when back up generators failed. Heres ben ando. It was the biggest and most disruptive power failure for over a decade. Major stations in chaos, passengers stranded or trapped, traffic controls inactive and a large nhs hospital without power. One of the many caught on electric trains that went dead was lily winin. The power cut off and i was sat in a carriage by myself and the storm had started outside, so all of the rain was coming onto the windows and it was pitch black. We all started to sit together to try and piece together what was going on, because no one could really understand and the announcements were failing because of the lack of power. And then we all had to walk to the very end of the carriage in the pitch black, going through a tunnel. After four hours, lily and her fellow passengers were led along the tracks to the nearest station. At Ipswich Hospital, the main power cut was followed by a failure in emergency back up generators, but hospital managers say essential equipment was able to keep working on batteries. So, what went wrong . Two generator plans, one a gas fired power station in cambridgeshire, the other a large wind farm in the north sea, failed almost simultaneously. To protect the rest of the network, power was cut to certain areas. A double failure has happened before, in 2008, but with far less impact. So, why so much worse this time . The Energy Regulator has asked for an urgent report. We need to do a detailed technical examination of the event and we will be sending that report through to ofgem and we will build that analysis over the coming days and weeks as we review it. And then, off that, im sure we will learn lessons and want to review how this works to avoid some of those significant impacts in future. There are also concerns that although the power came back quite quickly, the railways were in chaos for hours. Questions are being asked about the performance of some of the new trains now in use. They are electric, the air conditioning wouldnt work and it became hot and stuffy very quickly because windows cant be opened. Also, even when power was restored, they couldnt be restarted by the drivers who had to wait for engineers to come along. That massively added to the delays. National grid could now face a fine of up to 10 of its annual turnover. But some argue that years of underinvestment by successive governments is partly to blame, leaving the uk with a Power Network that works fine, most of the time, but is exposed when the unexpected happens. Ben ando, bbc news. Well meanwhile there has been more disruption for travellers today after heavy rain and strong winds led to the temporary closure of the west coast mainline between england and scotland and the cancellation of several ferry services. Alison freeman reports. Dramatic scenes in london as the projected high winds hit the city. In russell square, falling trees ripped an iron fence from the ground and crushed a car. In rice slip in west london, the wind took another casualty, knocking out of own line. Across the south and wales, the roads and railways were disrupted by fallen trees. The high winds also causing speed restrictions for trains and routes to be shut to high sided vehicles. The welsh coastline was battered like here, the strongest gust of wind 61 Miles Per Hour was recorded nearby. Strong winds also saw all racing cancelled on the first day of the oldest and largest sailing regatta. Organisers of cowes week on the Isle Of Wight say gusts of 45 knots or 52 Miles Per Hour were unsafe. Its not usual unusual for us to lose a week, usually in august, and its not unusualfor usually in august, and its not unusual for us to lose because its too windy, once every two or three yea rs too windy, once every two or three years we lose it because its too windy. But in the north, it was the heavy rain that was causing most problem. In north yorkshire, this road became a river. Passengers on five trains on the west coast main line were left stranded at one point is flooding between penrith and cumbria and lockerbie in scotland closed the route. Its been really hard. Igot closed the route. Its been really hard. I got from liverpool and the train to wigan and then from wigan to preston and we got on the train at western got kicked off and there was no one who told us we needed to go and there was a bus replacement and then we got on a train to carlisle meet were directed all over the place. We got back to surrey at eight oclock and its now quarter past four and with only got as far as carlisle. Its been a big goblin for everybody because the trains all ended preston so everybody is sitting on the trains going northwards and were asked to leave the train and it wasnt a great deal of information given out at time. The line has since reopened but delays were expected for the rest of the day. A yellow weather warning will remain in place the most of england and scotland until midnight with more heavy rain forecast overnight. Alison freeman, bbc news. Tens of thousands of people in russia, have taken part in nationwide demonstrations, which organisers say were the biggest the country has seen in almost a decade. The protestors are demanding opposition candidates be allowed to take part in local elections. Hundreds of people were arrested. From moscow, Sarah Rainsford reports. It was moscows biggest protest in years. Tens of thousands shouting their anger in the pouring rain. This wave of protest was sparked by a block on opposition candidates from local elections. But the chants now have a new focus. They are demanding the release of people like this student. Facing eight years behind bars for rioting. Though almost all the violence of these protests has come from the police. Todays rally was authorised by city officials. Well known musicians turned out along with their fans. Many too young to know any president but putin but fed up with his take on democracy. I think people are speaking out and i am here for the first time ever. I have never been to a protest in my life. Why now . Why did you join this one . The boiling point has been reached. That clearly worries the russian authorities. Judging by the scale of their response. From the authorised protests on the outskirts of moscow, people have headed here to the city centre and they want to take their protest to the president ial Administration Just over there. But instead, theyve been met by huge numbers of riot police to stop them getting anywhere near the centre of power here. But they have cleared the streets before. And that hasnt stopped these protests. Sarah rainsford, bbc news, moscow. The family of a 15 year old british schoolgirl who disappeared while on holiday with her family in malaysia have made a new appeal for information to help find her. A 200 strong search team is continuing to scour dense forest near the resort, where nora quoirin, who has learning difficulties, was staying. From malaysia, Howard Johnson reports. Its been a week since their daughter went missing a teenager with serious learning difficulties who disappeared while on holiday, suspected missing in the jungle. We are extremely impressed with the effort, your expertise, your dedication. And we hope that you find nora. The malaysian authorities have used drones, sniffer dogs and thermal scanning technology to try to find nora. The 15 year old was born with a condition limiting the development of her brain it means she needs help with simple, everyday tasks. The family have stressed that given noras learning difficulties, it is very unlikely she would have walked off alone. They believe she may have been abducted. But today, the police say they are continuing to treat noras disappearance as a missing persons case. This is the seventh day of search and rescue efforts, and as you can see, some commandos here and other search and rescue workers are coming down into this area, around 30 of them exploring an area about a kilometre away from the dusan resort. Theyre looking in a riverbed to see if there are any signs of nora, any traces that might help with this investigation. This time last week, noras family were arriving for a luxury break, but today they remain wracked with emotion, not knowing the fate of their much loved daughter. Howard johnson, bbc news, pantai, in malaysia. West Midlands Police say a Police Officer has been seriously injured, after he was punched, and then run over by a suspected car thief in birmingham. After assaulting the officer, the suspect got into the Police Patrol car, ran over the officer on the ground, and then drove the vehicle for more than a mile to the sparkbrook area where it was abandoned. A man has been arrested on suspicion of attempted murder. The headlines on bbc news the disgraced us financier, Jeffrey Epstein, has been found dead in his prison cell while awaiting trial on sex trafficking charges. National grid has said it will learn lessons after nearly one Million People across england and wales lost power yesterday. The family of a 15 Year Old Girl missing in malaysia have made a fresh appeal for information to help find her. Sport, and for a full round up, heres the bbc sport centre. Good evening. Tottenham came from behind to beat newly promoted aston villa 3 i. Harry kane scored twice to help save spurs blushes after they spent 70 minutes 1 0 down to villa. Adam wild reports. After the Building Work at tottenham now comes the rebuilding. Aston villa back amongst the elite at last, a fresh start. Both these clu bs last, a fresh start. Both these clubs have about them a new look. Time than to sit down and take a look. Spurs fans will want more this season. Look. Spurs fans will want more this season. They provided it. So close to be much better, not everything changes. Indeed, having been linked with a move away for aston villa in the summer, john mcginn stayed, his goals bringing them to where they are today. Or first class, it looks like he may yet take them further. Totte n ha m like he may yet take them further. Tottenham were left to rely on a familiarfigure, but tottenham were left to rely on a familiar figure, but for harry tottenham were left to rely on a familiarfigure, but for harry kane, and much less familiar outcome. The first half of them frustrating. But finding that blend between old and new is what this time of year is all about. Having been brilliantly denied and equaliser by tom heaton, the Perfect Moment for tank maa to make his residence felt. Presents. An inspired spurs finally found their feet, harry kane again this time, more like what they have come to expect. Adding a third in the dying moments. No more than they deserved. Spurs and harry kane starting as they hope to go on. In the premier League Manchester city got their title defence off to a winning start with a thumping 5 0 victory at west ham. Raheem sterling scored a hat trick for the champions. He shared the spotlight with the video assistant referee, though, used to review Sergio Agueros missed penalty allowing him to make no mistake with his second bite of the apple, as pep guardiolas side laid down a marker for the season ahead. In terms of five goals, yes, but the first half is far away from where we wa nt to first half is far away from where we want to be. But our is normal. When you win first game away, but still, we are not in the top condition, so i knew. We missed, we lost a lot of simple balls, it is not so difficult, you know . To have a good tempo of our game. In the other matches, a brace from Ashley Barnes and one from Johan Gudmunsson saw burnley beat southampton 3 0. Graham potter got his first win as brighton manager. His side won 3 0 at watford. A late equaliser earned Sheffield United a point at bournemouth in the blades first top flight match since 2007. Everton and Crystal Palace drew 0 0. In the scottish premiership, celtic thrashed motherwell 5 2 to continue their rampant start to the season. Elsewhere it finished 2 2 at mcdiarmid park after stjohnstone came back from 2 0 down against livingston. Hamilton beat kilmarnock 2 0 and it was goaless in the match between hearts and ross county. Ireland began their world cup warm up matches with a 29 10 victory over italy in dublin. Ireland conceded first, but this from fly halfjoey carberry was just one of their five tries this afternoon. They added another couple before half time, one from winger dave kearney and then from man of the match andrew conway, squeezing in at the corner. Concern for ireland, though, as carberry was carried off early in the second half. Ahead of the world cup, ireland will be hoping that isnt as serious as it looked. Great britain and Northern Ireland are in fourth place ahead of the final day at the european Athletics Team championships. Gbs points tally was boosted by the mens axioom relay team. They finished runners up but were awarded maximum points after the winners, france, were disqualified. All the days results from poland are available on the bbc sport website. Thats all the sport for now. Enjoy the rest of your evening. In china, at least 13 people have been killed, 16 are missing and over a Million People have been forced from their homes, as a powerful typhoon heads towards the financial capital, shanghai. As Sophia Tran Thomson reports, typhoon lekima is thought to be the regions worst storm in five years. Super typhoon lekima hit eastern china on saturday, blasting the coast with heavy rain and 200 km h winds, leading to Mass Evacuations and widespread transport disruption. The typhoon made landfall around the city and has been making its way to the south eastern province. 800,000 people have been evacuated in the Zhejiang Province and 250,000 in shanghai. Over 200 homes have been destroyed and an additional 2. 7 Million People had lost power across the province. One of the biggest concerns for emergency workers is that at least 49 reservoirs across the region have registered water levels exceeding the normal capacity. One natural dam has already collapsed. Chinese state tv has reported that over 2000 flights have been cancelled across the country since friday because of both the typhoon and heavy thunderstorms. The Civil Aviation authority says airports are closely monitoring the weather and accommodating affected passengers but warned that the extreme conditions would continue to challenge airlines for some time to come. To exacerbate travel issues, trains have also been cancelled and highways have been closed as roads and some areas had turned into rivers. The Emergency Services are working to rescue stranded motorists and search for missing people, though conditions are hugely challenging. The typhoon is expected to lose some of that strength before it hit shanghai, but the slow pace increases the risk of prolonged rainfall and flooding. Its been another tense weekend of clashes between protesters and police in hong kong with officers firing tear gas. The pro democracy demonstrations are now in their 10th week. Lets take a look at some scenes froma few hours ago. This is the Tsim Sha Tsui district, in kowloon, a popular entertainment district. You can see what appears to be tear gas canisters as the police move through the streets. The protesters dispersed but regrouped in other areas later on. The Movement Began in opposition to a bill allowing extradition to mainland china, but its become much bigger than that its now a call for greater democratic freedoms. Our correspondent Jonathan Head has more. Saturday evening in hong kong. Another protest. But the tactics have changed. Keeping one step ahead of the police, they have made an unannounced dash to block this busy intersection. The barricades go up with breathless efficiency. And then they wait. The police arrive, as expected, at dusk. They are charging through a barrage of tear gas. But when they reach the barricades, there is no one left. Save for a solitary woman shouting at the police through a speaker. The nights events are only starting. We have now come down to the commercial heart of kowloon. This is another location where the police have moved very quickly. They are blocking the road, there are protesters who have been surrounding the police station. All of this is happening very quickly. The Police Disperse them quickly but the protesters just move on. For the moment it looks as though they will pursue them down a side street. The tear gas warning goes up again. But the protesters have largely gone. In their place are regular bystanders in what is a busy shopping street and they are angry. A young woman has just been arrested. That only fuels more anger. Here we are not seeing protesters but ordinary people on nathan road, who have lined up to watch the police trying to take control. You can hear them shouting abuse at the police. This has been going on for the last half hour. The police dont seem to know what to do. Facing another furious crowd. Shouting. The police eventually retreat. But even now, the saturday night drama here isnt over. This is proving to be a tenacious protest movement. Its far from spent. If the governments hope is to wait it out, that wait could be a long one. Jonathan head, bbc news, hong kong. Now its time for a look at the weather. Hello there. This is the time when we ta ke hello there. This is the time when we take a look further ahead with the weather and see what changes we are going to see in the next week to ten days. Now, weve seen quite a significant change to end the working week and begin the weekend, and that is because ourjet stream which drives our weather systems in off the atlantic has been unusually far south for august. So i think for many, saturday felt a bit more like autumn because we had a deep area of low pressure, unusually deep, again, for this time of year. Come sunday, thatis for this time of year. Come sunday, that is starting to move off into scandinavia, but it leaves a legacy of weather fronts. So although the winds are easing, the potential is still there for yet more heavy rain. Saturday saw 30 110 millimetres of rain and a slow moving band for parts of scotland, Northern England and Northern Ireland. The same sorts of areas, protect lily scotland, by going to see more very wet weather. But that does move into Northern England as well. Further south the likelihood is we will see heavier, thundery showers as well, because the winds are lighter, or easing at least, but clearly that is a concern. So the winds are not as strong and gusty, considerably less by sunday, but we change the wind direction in the north which brings down chillier hour. I think the north of scotland will really feel the effects of that during the course of sunday afternoon, just 1a 01 course of sunday afternoon, just 1a or 15 degrees. That area is coming right the way down from the north pole, is that low pressure moves into scandinavia. So we will find that that wind, that polar air come south, right across the uk, meaning it will actually feel cooler, not just by day but by night as well, because we lose the humidity. Monday finally looks like it will be a bit quieterfor finally looks like it will be a bit quieter for some finally looks like it will be a bit quieterfor some of those finally looks like it will be a bit quieter for some of those areas, very wet through the weekend. There will still be more showers, after a try at a sunday in Northern Ireland some heavy downpours will come in, and againfor some heavy downpours will come in, and again for scotland. Not right for everyone. A few scattered showers elsewhere. Temperatures are low and the dew point, the humidity, will be noticeably lower as well. Tuesday keeps with that little ridge of High Pressure for central and eastern areas, 01 of High Pressure for central and eastern areas, or northern and eastern areas, or northern and eastern areas, or northern and eastern areas, but we have a weak weather fronts trying to push in. Cloudy skies, perhaps patchy rain through the day as well for southern and Western Areas limiting the temperatures again, and they will still be showers in the north, so despite the fact it is a little bit more settled, it is still showery. Tuesday into wednesday brings our next area of low pressure. Some uncertainty, actually, how deep that area of low pressure will be. It will determine how much rain we get, but also how strong the winds will be. So wednesday does look, for england and wales, again as though we will see the wettest and windiest weather here. Further north it will bea weather here. Further north it will be a showery picture. It remains on the cool side, temperatures again below average. That is how we enter week, with the north westerly wind, is that low pressure moves out into the north sea scandinavia, we once again pull in a polar breeze, keeping things cooler than they should be, with showers. But not that persistent rain we have been used to. Basically, with the jet strea m used to. Basically, with the jet stream continuing to blow across the central atlantic towards our shores, it is steering those areas of low pressure in our direction. So as we head towards the latter part of the weekend into next weekend, chances are it will remain unsettled, with low bringing further showers along the spells of rain, and without north or north westerly breeze, it will continue to feel, temperature wise, below par. That said, when we have the light winds, when we have the august sunshine, it still has strength in it, so it will still feel quite warm. On the whole, temperatures will be lower than they have been, lowered and they should be for this time of year, both by day and by night. There is more on 00 29 20,087 4294966103 13 29,430 the website