When the storm came, fractured libya was ill prepared. Half a years rainfall fell in 2a hours. In daylight, as much as a quarter of the Port City Of Derna was revealed to be gone. Engulfed by flood water after two Mountain Dams failed. Families were washed out to sea as they slept. The grim work to retrieve the lost is underway. With terrible force, the floods swept through this city. Destroying homes, cars, bridges. There was no warning, no evacuation order. Gently, the body of a child is recovered from the rubble. Few here are being found alive. Derna and libya are overwhelmed. Its too much for those left grieving. Entire families were swallowed by the deluge. Translation i already lost six people. We managed to take out three and we did not find the other three people. We are searching for the bodies here. We could not find them. Translation this is| gods will and destiny. I lost my sister and her daughters. May god have mercy on the dead and bring back the lost. Derna has long been
Including the very controversial Tobias Ellwood just after 6 00. Okay we look forward to seeing how controversial Tobias Ellwood was. Those two right there meeting nonh. Those two right there meeting north Koreas Kim Jong un. He is in russia and has held talks with president putin, likely to be discussing a deal to supply arms for the war in ukraine. Thatis arms for the war in ukraine. That is happening live , as you that is happening live, as you can see there, as we are on air. We will bring you what we can as the programme progresses as and as always, well be bringing you the very latest weather updates today with Annie Shuttleworth. Its feeling much more like autumn this morning out there, but will the sunshine last through the rest of the day . Find out more with me later in your detailed forecast in the next hour. Next hour. From Annie Shuttleworth well, from Annie Shuttleworth , earth to mr shuttlecock himself , if , earth to mr shuttlecock himself, if he could, i sort of expect
Toll will double. All the details are disturbing more than 3a,000 people are now homeless. Witnesses talk of the sea constantly depositing bodies on the shoreline. Before i show you more of the aftermath, have a look at the moments the floodwater actually hit this city. The power, the speed, the force sweeping everything away. People describe the land, just disappearing in an instant. Aid agencies on the ground talk of an overwhelming need for everything from water, shelter, medicine, rescue teams with clinic and hospitals in the east of the country overwhelmed by the injured. The Rescue Operation has been made more difficult by the complicated political situation in libya. The country is split with an internationally recognised government in tripoli, and a Rival Government in the east. This is one description of what it is like in derna from a libyan journalist who spoke to the bbc. My friend, im staying with him right now to support him because when we were preparing for this intervi
Of the fiercest in the game live from glasgow. First, heres ray to kick us off with the news headunes. Headlines. Thank you both. Good thank you both. Good afternoon. 12 01. Our top stories. The chancellor is stories. The chancellor is defending the british job market despite rising unemployment figures released today across the uk, unemployment rose by 0. 1, reaching 4. 3 in july. Meanwhile Job Vacancies fell to below a million. Jeremy hunt says that remains, quote, below many of our international peers. Meanwhile the average growth in pay meanwhile the average growth in pay remained at a record high of 7. 8. Shadow Business Employment and levelling up secretary Justin Madders says more needs to be done. There are strong economic headwinds that have been troubling the economy for some time, but i think one of the things were very clear about is the only way we are going to get out of this this mess weve been in really for 13 years now. Weve with stagnant growth is to actually turbo ch
The internationally-isolated pair are meeting at the Vostochny Cosmodrome, a Russian spaceport some 1,000 kilometres (620 miles) from Vladivostok, with Putin saying the location was chosen as Moscow plans to help North Korea build satellites, RIA Novosti reported.