We start in libya where floods are reported to have killed 2,800 people, after a powerful storm swept through the east of the country. As many as 10,000 people are reported as missing. Much of the country has been declared a Disaster Zone and three days of mourning have begun. The un said theyre deeply concerned about the situation. Many roads have been destroyed. A minister in the eastern government which is not internationally recognised said more than a thousand bodies had now been recovered in the worst hit city, derna. The eastern cities of benghazi and al marj are also among the worst hit. Anna a n na foster anna foster is here. The scale of this is simply staggering . Yes. Anna foster is here. The scale of this is simply staggering . Yes, it is one of those this is simply staggering . Yes, it is one of those stories this is simply staggering . Yes, it is one of those stories that this is simply staggering . Yes, it is one of those stories that is is one of those stories that is
More than 2,000 people were killed and close to 2,000 injured in the 6. 8 magnitude original quake. Its the countrys deadliest earthquake in decades. Those numbers are expected to rise. Relief efforts are slow to arrive at some of the most remote areas. You can see Drone Footage here showing the scope of the damage. Entire villages have been flattened, reduced to piles of rubble in the aftermath of this earthquake. Earlier a person was pulled from under a collapsed building and then carried away to safety. It was a rare moment of celebration. And for a second Night Thousands of people slept in the streets of marrakesh. Many have no home to return to or facing the threat of aftershocks, they are afraid to sleep in the damaged buildings. Sam kiley has more. Reporter this is the scene here in the medina in marrakesh. As you can see, a whole side of this building has collapsed into one of these very narrow streets. They have evacuated most of the tourists from this area. If there are any m
we begin with breaking news and in the past half hour or so we received a statement from mossad, which is israel s intelligence body. it says there has been an impasse in negotiations for a further temporary ceasefire. we have heard some conflicting suggestions in the last 2a hours about what happens when that ceasefire came to an end at seven o clock yesterday morning and we were told i had been intensive talks up were told i had been intensive talks up until the last minutes but in the last hour or so the reuters news agency have reported a team from the israeli mossad in doha negotiating for a resumption of the ceasefire deal. negotiating to try to release some of the female hostages and perhaps a hostages as well but very shortly after that there was so statement from the israeli prime ministers office who said the situation was quite different and that there was in fact an impasse in negotiations and benjamin netanyahu had urged his team to leave doha and qatar and come
hospital, al shifa, where conditions have become desperate while fighting continues outside. a spokesman said the infants would be moved to a safer hospital on sunday. and overnight, the world health organisation has warned that it has lost communication with the hospital in gaza city. a surgeon there previously told the bbc the hospital had run out of water, food and electricity and that the intensive care unit had been struck. meanwhile, the israeli prime minister, benjamin netanyahu, has reiterated that the war in gaza will continue until hamas is destroyed and all the hostages it s holding are free. the bbc s lucy williamson reports from southern israel, and a warning some of these images may be distressing. gaza s main hospital is now the eye of this military storm. staff here say they ve been under constant fire for the past 2a hours. the dead trapped here, along with the living. we would like to bury their bodies. we tried yesterday to make a big grave in shifa hospita
reports coming out of gaza painting a grim picture right now of the humanitarian situation there. what more can you tell us about how hospitals in gaza are coping? itruiith you tell us about how hospitals in gaza are coping? in gaza are coping? with great difficulty because in gaza are coping? with great difficulty because they - in gaza are coping? with great difficulty because they are - in gaza are coping? with great difficulty because they are all. difficulty because they are all pretty much surrounded in gaza city because the israelis argue these are places where hamas fighters have based themselves and consequently, there are intense battles going on around those hospitals. the israelis say they are not targeting the hospitals per se and they are trying to get the civilian populations that are clustered around them to try and leave, and also starting to think about evacuating the hospitals themselves so that israel can concentrate on dealing with hamas. there is a sm