Hello, and welcome to bbc news. Im reged ahmad. The disgraced american financierJeffrey Epstein, who once counted donald trump and Prince Andrew among his friends, has been found dead in his cell while awaiting trial for child sex offences. It appears he managed to take his own life at a prison in new york, considered one of the most secure in the us, despite having made a previous Suicide Attempt there last month. With the latest from new york, heres nedda tawfik. 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. Lets look at some other stories in brief a man has been arrested in norway after a shooting inside a mosque left one person injured. It happened on the outskirts of oslo. Later, a woman was found dead at the house of the suspect. Police say they are increasing security around mosques on sunday. The main warring parties in libya have agreed to a truce during the Muslim Eid Al adha holiday. The ceasefire had been proposed by the United Nations mission in libya. The announcement comes amid reports that a car bomb killed two un staff in benghazi on saturday. At least 50 people have been killed and several others have been injured after a fuel tanker exploded in tanzania. The lorry is believed to have exploded in the area of mora gora around 200km to the west of the capital city dar es salaam. A local police chief said people were trying to remove fuel from the vehicle when the blast happened. Negotiations between the United States and the taliban in afghanistan are intensifying in doha amid growing signs a deal could be signed as early as next week. It will include a phased us troop withdrawal in exchange for taliban guarantees that the country will not become a safe haven for extremist groups. The Saudi Led Coalition fighting Houthi Rebels in yemen has called for an immediate ceasefire. It follows separatists seizing control of key military positions and the president ial palace in aden, the seat of the internationally recognised government of yemen. John mcmanus reports. Since 2015, fighting between Houthi Rebels backed by iran and yemeni loyalists supported by a Saudi ArabianLed Coalition has laid waste to much of yemen. Now the regions fragile alliances have fractured once more. Several days of fighting between southern separatists, who want to split from the north of yemen, and forces loyal to the internationally recognised government, have culminated in the Southern Forces taking control of the president ial palace and securing several military barracks in aden as night fell. Translation today we achieved a big victory in aden, and ten battalions were defeated. And at night we took control of the president ial palace. Both sides are fighting the Houthi Rebels, but while the loyalist forces are supported by saudi arabia, those soldiers who want the south to be independent are backed by the United Arab Emirates. Theres been growing tension between the supposed allies. Southern forces have accused the loyalists of allowing islamists to penetrate their ranks. In return, forces loyal to the internationally backed government are unhappy with the push for southern independence, led by this man, aidarus al zoubaidi. Fighting flared on wednesday at the funeral of several southern soldiers whod been killed in a drone and missile attack, claimed by the houthis, but there were accusations that islamists loyal to the Government Forces were responsible, which led to clashes. The International Crisis group has called for a solution, saying todays circumstances require robust diplomatic intervention from the un, saudi arabia, and the United Arab Emirates to avoid the worst and help forge a durable solution. As the four year war rumbles on, tens of thousands have been killed, and more than 3 million forced from their homes. The un says nearly all of the population now need humanitarian aid. A powerful typhoon that struck the coast of china near shanghai is now known to have killed at least 22 people. More than a million have been forced from their homes, as lekima, the regions worst storm in five years, makes its way through the south Eastern Province of zhejian. Freya cole reports. A young girl is hauled to safety as rapid floodwaters sweep through wenzhou city. She is just one of more than a Million People forced to flee as strong currents inundate their homes. With huge force, typhoon lekima made landfall on saturday morning. It hit the east coast of china, tore through zhejiang province, and is headed towards shanghai. Its been downgraded to a Tropical Storm but not before causing widespread devastation. One of the worst hit areas, wenzhou, where torrential rain caused a deadly landslide. Entire homes have been pulled apart, leaving rescuers with piles of rubble to search for survivors. For those who managed to escape in time, sought safety at Mass Evacuation centres. In shanghai alone, more than 250,000 people were in need of shelter. Translation in this shelter we provided the essential items like bedding, and mosquito repellent so they can try to get through the typhoon in peace. Authorities say the worst might be over but the danger is not. It will take several days for floodwaters to subside and many months for people to rebuild. Freya cole, bbc news. You can get far more details on the bbc weather website. You can personalise it, putting in your own city. You can see the forecast, scrolling through there. The map is interactive, and of course there is a video with an update of the weather in the region as well. That is all on the bbc website. Dozens of russian opposition supporters have been detained at a rally which brought tens of thousands of people onto the streets of moscow. Police and National Guards seized people who tried to make their way to president putins offices. The protest was part of an Ongoing Campaign to demand free and fair local elections. Our moscow correspondent, sarah rainsford, followed the days developments. 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. Translation they dont care about anything. The riot police dont care. The court doesnt care. They dont care about the constitution. But theyve cleared the streets before and that hasnt stopped these protests. Its been another tense weekend of clashes between protesters and police in hong kong. The pro democracy demonstrations are now in their 10th week. The Movement Began in opposition to a bill allowing extradition to mainland china, but its now a call for greater democratic freedoms. Our correspondent Jonathan Head reports. 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. 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. And you can keep up to date with the pro demcracy demonstrations in hong kong, on our website. Youll also find analysis of whether china is going to crack down on the territory thats all at bbc. Com news or download the bbc news app. Stay with us on bbc news, still to come the austrian swimmer who became an ice man in order to bag himself a world record. The question was whether we want to save our people and japanese as well and win the war, or whether we want to take a chance on being able to win the war by killing all our young men. The invasion began at two oclock this morning. Mr bush, like most other people, was clearly caught by surprise. We call for the immediate and unconditional withdrawal of all the iraqi forces. 100 years old and still full of vigor, vitality and enjoyment of life. No other king or queen in british history has lived so long, and the queen mother is said to be quietly very pleased indeed that shes achieved this landmark anniversary. This is a Pivotal Moment for the church as an international movement. The question now is whether the american vote will lead to a split in the anglican community. This is bbc world news, the latest headlines an fbi investigation is underway, after the us financier Jeffrey Epstein was found dead in his new york prison cell while awaiting trial on sex trafficking charges. A powerful typhoon has struck south eastern china killing 22 people, and forcing more than a million from their homes. Lets stay with our top story and i spoke to criminal defence attorney steve greenberg. I asked him what his reaction was to the attorney general and the Justice Department who said that epsteins death raises serious questions. Well, its shocking, frankly. A couple of weeks ago he tried to kill himself and i dont know how he would be in a position to do it again. Usually an inmate like this is made a Suicide Attempt is kept on suicide watch four months, kept in what they call the special housing unit or the shu so they can observe them 2a hours a day. My speculation is there was some complacency on the part of the guards at the facility where this guy wants to kill himself, who are we to stop him, after all the terrible things his done, he supposedly done. We dont know whats happened and obviously there is going to be an investigation but you are an experienced defence attorney, you are working on the r kelly case, have we seen anything like this before . Weve certainly seen high profile people get killed or killed themselves but not in a federal Detention Centre like this while they are awaiting trial. Paedophiles are usually the most common. You will see people who post bond on cases get released on cases and days before their trial, they will kill themselves. I dont understand why doesnt happen more often. Because the prospect of spending your life in an eight x ten cell cant be appealing especially when youve lived a life of luxury. It does seem extraordinary that Something Like this could happen, given how many people were counting on this case continuing in the investigation continuing. Thats why, and i know some people said this, watch and see, where were the guards going on . At what point in the night did he kill himself . I know in these special housing units, the cells are transparent all the way around, they typically have bars all the way around or some kind of glass all the way around so inmates can be watched. Someone was probably happy to see this happen. There is an investigation its going to happen according to the attorney general. A curfew has been reimposed in indian administered kashmir after protests against delhis announcemement that it was revoking the regions semi autonomous status. We have reporters on both the sides of the line of control which divides kashmir. Demonstrations have been taking place in muzaffarabad, but first, heres yogita limayes report from srinagar in india administered kashmir. Tensions in kashmir have been rising. We saw in several areas stone pelting taking place and we were also at the place were hundreds of people participated in a protest march but the bbcs urdu Language Service team was outisde but there was huge protest rally, dozens of people participated in it, men and women. They were shouting anti india slogans, holding up banners, objecting to india removing kashmirs special status. In the video, you can also see people running helter skelter, you can hear the sound of gunfire, and we have been told that there have been some bullet injuries as well. Weve tried to make our way to the hospital to confirm reports of people injured but we havent been able to reach there because of hostilities on the ground. Locals have been turning us away so we had to come to a safe area. There are parts of the city where we have seen more people and vehicles out on the street. People have been coming out to purchase things right now from shops. Curfews have eased a little bit but havent been lifted altogether and phone and internet lines have been cut off so people arent able to communicate with each other. Kashmirs special status had given the local government here the right to make laws except in areas of defence, communications and external affairs. All of that has now gone away. Pakistan has condemned the move, its downgraded diplomatic relations with india. This area has always been disputed. Its a land that is no stranger to conflict but perhaps barely before has it stood on the cusp of such an uncertain future and what we are seeing now is that the situation here is becoming more volatile. India and pakistan have repeatedly clashed over the disputed region. Secunder kermani is in pakistan administered kashmir. Protests here in pakistani administered kashmir are taking place on an almost daily basis. We are a few kilometres away from the de facto border with indian administered kashmir and many of the people gathered here have relatives on the other side that they are increasingly concerned about as reports come out about alleged human rights abuses by Indian Security forces. Even for those who dont have relatives, there is a strong sense of solidarity with those in indian administered kashmir. The people here want all of kashmir to be given some kind of vote on independence, maybe to join with pakistan. Pakistani Authorities Say that they are going on a diplomatic offensive. But the crowd here want the pakistani authorities to go even further. They say an uprising in indian administered kashmir is now inevitable because of the alleged human rights abuses occurring there. They say that they are willing to support that uprising that could present some difficulties for the pakistani state which has been under International Pressure to take action against militant groups. This latest development in indian administered kashmir is really increasing the tension in an already volatile region. Hollywood Actor Richard Gere has urged the Italian Government to help migrants whove been stranded on a Spanish Charity vessel in the mediterranean for more than a week. The italian interior minister, matteo salvini, has repeatedly refused requests by migrant ships to dock. Speaking at a News Conference on the italian island of lampedusa, mr gere accused the minister and also us President Donald Trump of demonising migrants. I do not think anyone is looking for confrontation about politics. All this is is to help people who are in distress. And ive seen this all over the world, uneducated politicians are always trying to create conflict. And take it away from the Central Point that its about human beings. Its about us accepting that we are all brothers and sisters, this is one family. We can take care of each other. Its not that hard. Itjust means saying yes. The Uks Environment Agency said it was carrying out tests on part of the river froom , in somerset after it was turned bright blue by a mystery substance. Results are expected on monday but it is being treated as a pollution incident. Currently, there are no reports of dead wildlife. Plenty of high temperatures across europe so far this summer but one austrian adventurer has found a way of keeping super cool while setting a world record. James franey has the story. A box, lots of bags of ice, and swimming trunks. All you need to try to set a world record. Meetjosef koeberl, an extreme sports man from austria determined to beat the existing time anybody has spent buried up to their shoulders in ice while wearing practically nothing. The target, more than two hours. The onlookers a little bit confused. Translation i dont think it matters whether this makes any sense, itsjust a mad idea to do it and put yourself in a box full of ice and try to set a world record. But it is fascinating. The clock ticks by. Medics are on hand. But they are not needed. Two hours, eight minutes and 47 seconds later, koeberl emerges, seemingly with little impact on his body. No wonder one austrian newspaper once said he had the genes of a polar bear. There was some pain, sometimes it was difficult. But i managed to get into the moment and concentrate. Water also features in his future plans, with a project to swim the length of the nile. At least that might be a bit warmer. You can reach me on twitter im regedahmadbbc. And get all our top stories on the website, including aboutJeffrey Epstein. Stay with us. Hello. The weather has thrown a lot of things at us so far this weekend. Torrential rain, thunderstorms, and those very strong and in places torrential rain, thunderstorms, and of course those very strong and in places damaging winds, really whipping up the sea at lyme regis in dorset. While it is an exposed spot, an 84mph gust at the needles on the isle of wight would be notable in october, let alone august. We have seen widespread gusts of 50 60mph well inland too, all down to this deep area of low pressure which continues to pull away north and eastwards overnight, slowly taking the strongest winds with it, but leaving in its wake this trail of fronts, which will bring quite a wet day across scotland and Northern England. But at least we start sunday with somewhat lighter winds. Still quite windy, particularly for Eastern England and also northern scotland, and its scotland and Northern England that were most concerned about through sunday. Some heavy rain, we could well see 20 30 millimetres quite widely, maybe 40 50 millimetres in some places. It is really through the central belt, down into southern scotland and Northern England, that were going to see the heaviest of the rain. To the north, some spells of sunshine, plus northern and western scotland. Northern ireland is not having too bad a day. Across a large swathe of england and wales, away from the far north, a mix of sunny spells and showers. Still windy through sunday afternoon across the Northern Isles and the far north of scotland, but at least dry, with spells of sunshine tending across to the western isles. You can see this heavy rain in the central belt, down into southern scotland, just fringing the far north of england as well. Mainly dry with spells of sunshine for northern ireland. A mixture of sunny spells and some heavy and in places thundery showers pushing their way from west to east across england and wales. Some will manage to stay dry. Where you have the sunshine, 22 or 23 celsius. Where weve got the persistent rain across parts of scotland, temperatures will struggle to get above 1a or 15. So quite a cool day here. Thats the theme as we begin the new week. By the time we get to monday, those fronts are starting to slide away south and east, taking the persistent rain with them. So its drying up across parts of southern scotland and Northern England through monday morning. Behind that rain, we will see some spells of sunshine developing. It may take some time for the rain to finally disappear, but as the day wears on we have showers spreading across the country, perhaps pushing further east through the day, and really quite a cool feeling. I think most will struggle to get much above 18 or 19. Little change, really, in the end. A mixture of sunny spells, showers, maybe some longer spells of rain on wednesday, potentially a little bit drier through thursday and friday. Bye bye. This is bbc news, the headlines 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 over allegedly trafficking dozens of underage girls for sex. A powerful typhoon has struck the south east coast of china, killing at least 22 people with 10 more missing. More than1 Million People have had to leave their homes with emergency teams setting up temporary shelters. Hundreds of flights have been cancelled and secondary emergencies triggered by powerful winds and high waves. Police in moscow are reported to have made more than 200 arrests during protests organised by opposition groups. The rally, in support of free elections, was authorised by officials, but the march moved away from its permitted route