Hello, im rich preston, youre watching verified live three hours of breaking stories, and the truth behind them. Rescue teams in morocco are battling to reach people still trapped under rubble following the earthquake that struck the country on friday night. Nearly 2,700 people are now known to have died, but many remote areas remain hard to reach and cut off to rescuers. Four countries the uk, spain, qatar and the uae are now sending aid. The epicentre was to the south of marrakesh, along the high atlas mountain range. The struggle to get through roads blocked by boulders has led some villagers to dig by hand. Tom bateman reports. Dawn lights up the destruction in this village. Morocco� s most remote hillsides have become encampments for the survivors. This lady has lost contact with her son, who fled the village to get help. She was already grieving. Her husband had been sick and died before the quake came. Translation we are staying in the street. L i feel bad for my son. His dad passed away and i have to take care of him. People are here to help each other. The villages mosque, still standing, becomes a makeshift refuge. But in the morning we spent here, there were no signs any official aid response. Hussain survived when his son freed him from the wreckage of their home. But his wife was killed. My wife, she stayed in the house. The ceiling came down and struck her. This comes from god, but thankfully my son is safe, he tells me. This is where homes once stood. Now, people walk through a cascade of ruins. Recovery attempts across this remote region have been painfully slow. So far, this clear up is people having to do it by themselves. One of their neighbours at the top of the street here, their house was struck. A family of six was in it and five have been killed. Only the father survived. But it feels like people barely have time to grieve, you can see the humanitarian challenge that remains. In another village, locals pull a body from the rubble. Spanish rescuers are on the ground there, too, saying the destruction is absolute. Meanwhile, british rescue gear has arrived with a team of 60 specialists deployed from the uk. People are retrieving what they can from homes too damaged to live in. Morocco� s survivors are now on the land with all they have left. Tom bateman for as spell in morocco and as we mentioned at the start of the programme the death toll has now risen to 2681 people following friday nights earthquake. Lets talk now to a journalist in asni, alice morrison. Thank you for being with us once more. We can see a bit of activity going on behind you. Whats happening right now . 5 going on behind you. Whats happening right now . Going on behind you. Whats Hauenina Riaht now . A , happening right now . As you can see behind me, happening right now . As you can see behind me, theres happening right now . As you can see behind me, theres a happening right now . As you can see behind me, theres a whole happening right now . As you can see behind me, theres a whole fleet happening right now . As you can see behind me, theres a whole fleet of. Behind me, theres a whole fleet of army trucks are known in front of me there is a tented camp for people who have lost their houses here and over there is a tented Military Hospital that has been set up and head of the most tense and on the hill there are even more tense. So this is basically one of the local mountain centres. This is usually such a quiet market town, where i do my shopping but now has become a space for people to come to and there is a constant stream of vehicles going on this main road where the centre of destruction was. 0ne where the centre of destruction was. One of the difficulties has been getting to some of these towns and villages and, as we mentioned, people having to dig immovable using their bare hands. 0bviously these trucks carrying food, water, supplies for the survivors. How much if you seen in the way of heavy giving, Digging Machinery on route to these towns and villages . I can to these towns and villages . I can answer that to these towns and villages . I can answer that because to these towns and villages . I can answer that because i to these towns and villages . Ica� i answer that because i hitchhiked on answer that because i hitchhiked on a motorbike of the valley about three hours ago and i saw three massive caterpillars on the roadside getting ready to go down and that this one just getting ready to go down and that this onejust behind me here. Im not sure why its here. So there definitely is heavy machinery. The vote to my home has now been cleared. I cycle downhill initially but that load has now been cleared, so there is heavy machinery around. That road has been cleared. What that road has been cleared. What stories have that road has been cleared. What stories have you that road has been cleared. What stories have you been that road has been cleared. What stories have you been hearing from survivors youve been talking to . Very much what your correspondence than the last report. I live here and im with these people the time so when im hearing their stories i am not looking at them from a new genus Point Of View of a number of casualties. These are individual people who have individually lost their house, their father, people who have individually lost their house, theirfather, their mother, their children. I met one woman whose child is still buried under the rubble. So the story are horrible and they all. You know, statistics dont really mean anything. Each of those people as one soul who had one life and now they died. One soul who had one life and now the died. ,. , , they died. This is, of course, very challenging they died. This is, of course, very challenging for they died. This is, of course, very challenging for the they died. This is, of course, very challenging for the moroccan challenging for the moroccan government who have limited resources. They have accepted eight from four countries, the uk, spain, qatar and the uae. Accepted aid. What does the government really need to continue this Rescue Mission . The government. To continue this Rescue Mission . Tue government, the to continue this Rescue Mission . Tte government, the moroccan to continue this Rescue Mission . Tte government, the moroccan government is really doing a greatjob. The king is leading the country and if one trusts him. Everything is mobilised, the army, the gendarmerie. The citizens are digging with their bare hands but what is against us is that we are in this mountainous area with tiny hamlets dotted around being destroyed. Ive hiked all over this region and sometimes it takes least two days walking to get from one day to the next one place to the next. The most useful thing the government can do as helicopters and mobile units that can get into places but really this is for the professionals to say. Qt places but really this is for the professionals to say. Of course, in the short term professionals to say. Of course, in the short term if professionals to say. Of course, in the short term if one professionals to say. Of course, in the short term if one is professionals to say. Of course, in the short term if one is concerned | the short term if one is concerned about the immediate needs of people, food, water, shelter, but this is of course a long term operation. We are talking about dozens of towns, villages, hundreds of towns and buildings that have been destroyed. How is morocco going to deal with the longer term challenge . Thank you so much this the longer term challenge . Thank you so much this no the longer term challenge . Thank you so much this up because the longer term challenge . Thank you so much this up because there the longer term challenge . Thank you so much this up because there is the longer term challenge . Thank you so much this up because there is to i so much this up because there is to say for people watching and listening. Please dont take as off your travel list. What morocco will needin your travel list. What morocco will need in a it was people to support it by coming here, supporting the tourist industry, supporting all the people that work in this region. So many people are right that farmers or Tourist Workers are both so i think long term the government is over saying it will come in, bringing structural engineers, check out all the houses, rebuild what they need to. People here build their own homes and it is very self sufficient but what we need from the International Community long term, as well as their support, is to come and visit us, come on metres, share the hospitality and hear our stories and just comments about the economy here, so that is what we would ask of you. Mice what we would ask of you. Alice morrison. What we would ask of you. Alice morrison. A what we would ask of you. Alice morrison, a really what we would ask of you. Alice morrison, a really important what we would ask of you. Alice morrison, a really Important Message for is there. Alice joining morrison, a really Important Message for is there. Alicejoining us morrison, a really Important Message for is there. Alice joining us from asni. Thank you very much. Thank you so much. Asni. Thank you very much. Thank you so much as asni. Thank you very much. Thank you so much as we asni. Thank you very much. Thank you so much. As we mentioned, asni. Thank you very much. Thank you so much. As we mentioned, that asni. Thank you very much. Thank you so much. As we mentioned, that the l so much. As we mentioned, that the Death Toll Following so much. As we mentioned, that the Death Toll Following friday so much. As we mentioned, that the Death Toll Following friday nights. Death toll following friday nights earthquake in morocco has now risen to 2681. A british parliamentary researcher has said hes Completely Innocent of claims he was spying for china. He was arrested under anti espionage laws. In a Statement Released through his lawyers, the man said he felt forced to respond to accusations in the media. The researcher was one of two men arrested in march under the official secrets act. The prime minister, rishi sunak, told the House Of Commons he raised his strong concerns with chinas premier li at the g20 summit. The whole house is rightly appalled about reports of espionage in this building. The sanctity of this place must be protected. And the right of members to speak their minds without fear or sanction must be maintained. We will defend our democracy and our security. So i was emphatic with asni that actions that seek to undermine british democracy are completely unacceptable and will never be tolerated. I also emphasised the uks unyielding commitment to human rights and i was clear on the importance of maintaining stability and International Law is the basis of stable relations. Earlier on, i spoke to professor of Us Asia Relations at Harvard Kennedy school. Testing whether british politicians would be wise to toughen their rhetoric on china. Though it is fair to say that feeling about china and the relationship with china is at a much higher temperature than the us than it is the rest of the uk, it is fair to say the different aspects of the american political system take different views. Just put it very simply, congress, the elected House Of Representatives has got some extremely harsh language it uses about what it considers dangerous chinese involvement in American Life and cooperation on science and technology would be one of the obvious areas where they feel that theres a real problem. The administration, joe bidens administration, joe bidens administration, president bidens administration, president bidens administration, is, ithink administration, president bidens administration, is, i think it is fair to say, trying to reach out in ways that bring the temperature down as well as making the American People clear that they consider there are dangers. That was much closer to the uk government position and in the sense that is not surprising in one of the things we do know is Security Cooperation on china and russia between the us in the uk is very, very close indeed so i think its fair to say any position put forward by the uk on china is one actually the us knows about and is happy to approve. The grandfather of sara sharif the ten Year Old Girl who was found dead in her home in woking in august has told the bbc that the five children who travelled with herfather to pakistan have been taken by police. Saras body was discovered at the family home a month ago. It emerged that her father, her stepmother and her uncle had all flown to pakistan a day before that discovery was made. None of saras father urfan, his partner, beinash batool, nor his Brother Faisal were with the children when police came to take them from saras grandfathers house injhelum. He says they had been there since they arrived in the country. 0ur pakistan correspondent Caroline Davies sent this update. We were contacted just before az30pm this afternoon by a neighbour of Mohammed Sharif. Thats arfan sharif� s father, sara sharif� s grandfather. They said that there were police arriving at Mohammed Sharif� s house injhelum. Now, we then know that the police entered the property, we spoke to Mohammed Sharif to ask what was going on and he told us that the five children that had travelled from the uk to pakistan with his son were in the house in hiding, and all five have now been taken by the police. Now, we have also had confirmation from the police that they have those five children. What we also heard was that sara sharif� s father, urfan sharif, her stepmother, and her uncle, all three adults that had also travelled from the uk to pakistan, but none of those individuals have been found in the house with the children. Those are the three individuals the police in the uk say they want to speak to. Around the world and across the uk. This is bbc news. Lets look at some other stories making news. The nhs is rolling out Booster Shots of covid and flu vaccines to older People Living in care homes in england. The roll out begins today for those at most risk. Concerns are growing over the spread of a new covid variant. There have been 3a confirmed cases of ba. 2. 86 so far, 28 of them in one care home. The german Car Giant Bmw will invest hundreds of millions of pounds in its mini factory near 0xford to build a new generation of electric cars. Production of two new Electric Mini models is due to begin at the plant in cowley in 2026. More than 4,000 people work across two british sites. A Peace Funding Announcement of £858 million for Northern Ireland was officially launched in belfast today. It is for a scheme known as peace plus, a successor to programmes that have run since 1995 in Northern Ireland and the border counties in the republic of ireland. The uk government is contributing £730 million to the total allocation. Youre live with bbc news. The Home Secretary says she has commissioned urgent advice on whether to ban the breed of dog known as the american bully xl. Suella braverman said they are a clear and lethal danger particularly to children. An 11 Year Old Girl and two men were injured in an attack after a brutal war and genocide that claimed about One Hundred Thousand lives and displaced more than two million people, it was hoped that an International Peace agreement would allow bosnia to begin healing from the wounds of conflict. 27 years ago this week, leaders of the three main communities bosniak muslim, serb and croat agreed a set of principles that would form the basis of the dayton Peace Agreement of 1995. But now the un is warning of renewed crisis as Bosnian Serbs who launched the original war in 1992 are threatening to secede from the country. Our special correspondent fergal keane reports. It can feel as if it all happened yesterday. The past is constantly revealed. This woman is a forensic anthropologist. Tt is revealed. This woman is a forensic anthropologist. Anthropologist. It is all here in body bags anthropologist. It is all here in body bags. Some anthropologist. It is all here in body bags. Some cases anthropologist. It is all here in body bags. Some cases in anthropologist. It is all here in body bags. Some cases in not| body bags. Some cases in not officially identified. For body bags. Some cases in not officially identified. For nearly 20 ears officially identified. For nearly 20 years trying officially identified. For nearly 20 years trying to officially identified. For nearly 20 years trying to identify officially identified. For nearly 20 years trying to identify the officially identified. For nearly 20 l years trying to identify the missing and the dead from trevor nietzsche. Still we have to do a lot, 1000 people are still a and 1000 families wait for our phone call identify the dead from srebrenica. Around 1000 men and boys were massacred at srebrenica in europes worst are focus a t since world war ii. They surrendered to the serb commander general general ratko mladic. He separated men from the family for full promises of safety. But leaders of serb controlled areas, genocide and myth. Those responsible like general ratko mladic and now revered. Taste general ratko mladic and now revered. ~ ,. , revered. We must remember those men reiardless revered. We must remember those men regardless of revered. We must remember those men regardless of whether revered. We must remember those men regardless of whether they revered. We must remember those men regardless of whether they say revered. We must remember those men regardless of whether they say we regardless of whether they say we are glorifying since the current bosnian serb leader. At this serb religious festival, we found souvenirs of general ratko mladic on sale. And in the Local Church Remembering Serb war dead, we met one of general ratko mladic� s generals. This man spent ten years injailfor crimes against generals. This man spent ten years in jail for crimes against humanity at srebrenica, failing to stop and punish atrocities by his troops. But general Vinko Pandurevic wont accept serbs committed genocide there, rathera accept serbs committed genocide there, rather a massacre for which he doesnt bear responsibility. Forgive me but how on earth can your conscience be clear when youve been convicted of crimes against humanity . Convicted of crimes against humani . ~ , convicted of crimes against humani . ~ ,. , humanity . Translation simply put, A Erson Ust Humanity . Translation simply put, a person just has humanity . Translation simply put, a person just has to humanity . Translation simply put, a person just has to accept humanity . Translation simply put, a person just has to accept the humanity . Translation simply put, a person just has to accept the things person just has to accept the things as they are. If you cannot change them, then let it be. This thing i cannot change. I accept that it exists. I live with it. For survivors. Exists. I live with it. For survivors, memory exists. I live with it. Forj survivors, memory lives exists. I live with it. For i survivors, memory lives on exists. I live with it. For survivors, memory lives on the photographs of the dead. A grandfather, a father. Of this child in the genocide, now a Law Professor and fearful of new conflict. Tts and fearful of new conflict. Its ve and fearful of new conflict. Tt� s very dangerous, especially for the survivors of genocide. Everything looks very familiar. The dehumanisation, the celebration of war crimes and War Criminals that caused unimaginable suffering. History, the manipulation of history, has long helped to fuel conflict here. Thats why truth matters so much now. Fergal keane, bbc news, srebrenica. A National Suicide prevention strategy has been set out by the government. Ministers are pledging to reduce the number of people in england taking their own life within two and a half years. The number of deaths by suicide has remained fairly unchanged in the past five years. Among the measures being put forward, putting Mental Health support teams in schools, and offering more support for Bespoke Services to help middle aged men, who are statistically at a higher risk of suicide. Live now to london to speak to mubeen bhutta, head of policy at the samaritans charity. The convent Fast Strategy is 11 years old and long overdue and is fed in for our lived experience to get us where we are today. That is not welcome in the strategy and submissions we already mentioned and we are pleased to see a commitment to no long wrongdoing and people say they are turned away time and again and there are barriers and they are not taken seriously and there is no on the door commitment should make sure that people get help the first time that they asked for it. However, there is no new funding attached to the strategy so we really need the resources to make these ambitions are a reality. They cant happen without proper investment. We should remind you this relates to just england and wales only and then are separate policies in place in scotland but as you mentioned, funding is really at the heart of this. The nhs is already stretched and under pressure across the uk and its great to have the strategies on paper. They are actually going to work . The strategies on paper. They are actually going to work . Indeed, and what weve had actually going to work . Indeed, and what weve had for actually going to work . Indeed, and what weve had for the actually going to work . Indeed, and what weve had for the last actually going to work . Indeed, and what weve had for the last four what weve had for the last four years is ring fenced dedicated money for Suicide Prevention at local level in england and englands strategy but all of that money is coming to an end in march and we urgently need the government of a knee that funding to continue the same funding that we already have for the five years of the strategy. We need the government to renew that funding. It is crucial that they confirm the it will be continuing. They confirm the it will be continuing. They confirm the it will be continuini. ,. , continuing. The strategy is the governments continuing. The strategy is the governments website continuing. The strategy is the governments website if continuing. The strategy is the l governments website if anyone continuing. The strategy is the governments website if anyone wants to take a look at it. It does mention specific groups at risk including children, young people, middle aged men, autistic people, pregnant women a new mothers. Why these particular groups for it to take a look at it. It does mention specific groups at risk including children, young people, middle aged men, autistic people, pregnant women a new mothers. Why these particular groups for consistently more at risk . Risk and there is no while some groups are at higher risk you are automatically not necessarily at high risk if you are in those groups. But there are particular reasons why some of those groups might be at high risk. Middle aged men have consistently been the highest at risk group in the population for many years. There are lots of reasons why that might be. It might be to do with transitions and it might be to do with Social Networks ought to do with ideas about masculinity and finding it harder to reach out. There are lots of Different Reasons behind that and thatis of Different Reasons behind that and that is why the strategy is complex and multilayered in cross government because we need wide range of interventions to really make a difference and there are no simple solution is here that everyone can play their part. We know that two thirds of people who died by suicide and not in touch with Mental Health services in the year before they die. They are almost certainly touch with a public service, so the criminaljustice with a public service, so the criminal justice system, with a public service, so the criminaljustice system, education, social workers. Criminaljustice system, education, socialworkers. It criminaljustice system, education, social workers. It could be any arm of the state and we would like to see all front line Public Servants trained to signpost and support people who might be a risk that they come across in their everyday roles. There are organisations like your own and the samaritans are people concerned about themselves. What if some is concerned about a friend or relative . ,. , ,. , some is concerned about a friend or relative . ,. , , relative . You can absolutely call samaritans relative . You can absolutely call samaritans if relative . You can absolutely call samaritans if youre relative . You can absolutely call samaritans if youre concerned l relative . You can absolutely call samaritans if youre concerned about someone else. We absolutely here for you as well and 116123 and we understand that it is difficult to have those conversations, to open up and to reach out to people with your consent and weve got the skills to start a conversation and to ask people how they are failing to break down some of those barriers and break down the stigma but we are absolutely here to support you as well. ,. ,. , absolutely here to support you as well. ,. ,. ,. ,. , well. Head of policy at samaritans, thank ou well. Head of policy at samaritans, thank you very well. Head of policy at samaritans, thank you very much well. Head of policy at samaritans, thank you very much for well. Head of policy at samaritans, thank you very much forjoining well. Head of policy at samaritans, j thank you very much forjoining us. If you have been doctored up if you have been affected by any of the issues raised, help is available from bbc action line just visit bbc. Co. Uk actionline in north africa, floodwaters that swept through Eastern Libya following a powerful storm and torrential rain have killed. People. Inundating much of the city didnt do much drowning its residents. And i declared a disaster zone. Floods triggered huge mudslides and caused votes to collapse. Authorities closed schools are major oil terminals. Three days of mourning have been declared. Storm daniel hit the country on sunday and is now heading in the direction of western egypt. Us flag been unveiled at the pentagon a us flag has been unveiled at the pentagon to mark 22 years since the 9 11 Terror Attacks. Nearly 3,000 people were killed when members of al qaeda hijacked four passenger airliners, crashing two of them into the World Trade Centers twin towers in new york, and another into the pentagon. A fourth plane crashed in Rural Pennsylvania after passengers fought the hijackers. Its thought the hijackers had planned to crash that plane in to a Federal Building in washington dc. At new yorks bell of hope, clergy from diffent denominations and relatives gathered for prayers and to read out the names of the nearly 3,000 victims. Those pictures from new york on the anniversary of the 9 11 Terror Attacks in just before we go remind of our top story this hour. The death toll in morocco from friday nights earthquake has now risen to 2681 people. Many more are still missing. To stick with us and bbc news. Hello there. Well, today, temperatures didnt get to 30 degrees celsius somewhere in the uk, unlike the previous seven days, which was a record for september, weve never had seven consecutive days back to back where temperatures have reached 30 degrees celsius before, but the heatwave is ending. Weve seen this Weather Fronts move in across the north west of the uk through the day today, introducing cooler and fresher air and that will continue to push its way gradually south eastwards. I say cooler and fresher. Actually, temperatures will be getting closer to average for the time of the year as we get towards the middle part of the week. Now, we still did have warm sunshine across east anglia In South East England. Temperatures still reached, well, 26 degrees or so in places, whereas across the north west of the uk we have thicker clouds and outbreaks of rain from our weatherfronts and its the front that will bring a change to cooler weather. So overnight tonight, Clearing Skies for scotland and Northern Ireland. With the weather turning chilly for england and wales, a slow moving Weather Front tending to pep up with some persistent outbreaks of rain for some, whereas across east anglia In South East England probably staying dry, but one or two mist patches around as we start the day on tuesday. Now i think for tuesday this Weather Front� s going to be really slow moving, so rain on and off through the day and probably some of the rain quite heavy across eastern areas of england, maybe with an odd Rumble Sunniest weather for scotland and Northern Ireland, wherever you are those temperatures coming down, 17 to 22 for most. Then for the middle part of the week, High Pressure is with us just for one day. So after a sunny start, once weve lost the Early Morning mist and fog, i see a bit a bit of cloud bubbling up. The exception to the dry theme. Well, for Western Scotland and maybe western counties of Northern Ireland, close to an area of low pressure, you may well see outbreaks of rain at times. Those temperatures high teens to low 20s. For thursday, some strong winds around this low pressure buffeting the north West Of Scotland as our Weather Front continues its Journey Southwards and eastwards across england and wales. The Weather Front itself continuing to weaken as it moves southwards. Indeed, well probably start to see Southerly Winds move back in across east anglia, and south east england, boosting the temperatures potentially back into the Mid 20s For Scotland and Northern Ireland. Thursdays a blustery day, a day of sunny spells and showers. And then as we get through friday, more especially into the weekend, looks like well see more rain across southern portions of the uk, but the weather a bit more uncertain in the north. This is bbc news, the headlines. Moroccos worst earthquake for more than half a century is now known to have killed nearly 2,700 people. China says claims that two people including a british parliamentary researcher allegedly spied on its behalf are completely fabricated. Rishi sunak said he raised strong concerns with the chinese leadership. The whole house is rightly appalled by reports of espionage in this building. The sanctity of this place must be respected. The Terror Suspect who escaped from a london prison is remanded in custody and charged with absconding. Hes been sent to belmarsh prison. Up to 12,500 uk jobs at risk as its claimed all 400 stores of the retail chain wilko will close by next month