To have killed 2,800 after a powerful storm swept through the east of the country. As many as 10,000 people are reported to be missing. Much of the country has been declared a disaster zone and three days of mourning have begun. The un has said, they are deeply concerned by the situation and are mobilizing emergency teams. Widespread flooding and mudslides, caused by torrential rain, have destroyed many roads and homes. 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. Tamer ramadan of the International Federation of red cross and red crescent societies says the death toll from the disaster is likely to increase dramatically. The death toll is huge. It might reach 2,000s really. But we dont have a definite number. We confirm from our independent sources that the number of missing people is 10,000 perso
Heavy Lifting Equipment has begun to arrive in remote regions of the Atlas Mountains, which have been the hardest hit. Nick beake joined the first aid convoys to reach some of the most remote villages in the taroudant region. Finally, help is on its way to the most remote victims of this disaster. Werejoining a team of spanish firefighters, the first rescuers to negotiate in treacherous Mountain Road now that the path has been cleared. We reach the village of algou. In the hours after the quake, screams rang out here. But the trapped couldnt be freed. Then the screams turned to silence. These dogs are trained to find the living. Theyre detecting nothing. For three days now, the villagers in this place have been using their hands, and shovels to go through the rubble. Desperately trying to find their loved ones but the grim reality is there is now a stench of death that hangs in the air here. All hope of finding people alive has now surely vanished. And it is taking its toll. This fract
The uae and most recently algeria. International Emergency Workers arejoining the recovery effort, with some saying the government response is too slow. The bbc s tom batemen sends this report. Dawn lights up the destruction in the village of moulay brahim. Morocco s most remote hillsides have become encampments of the survivors. Hakima has lost contact with her son, who fled the village, she says, to get help. She was already grieving. Her husband had been sick and died before the quake came. We are staying in the streets. I feel bad for my son. His dad passed away and i have to take care of him, says hakima. 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 of any official aid response. Hussein survived when his son freed him from the wreckage of their home. But his wife, fatna, was killed. My wife, she stayed in the house. The ceiling came down and struck her. This comes from god
Many roads and homes. Thousands of people are still missing. The eastern cities of benghazi, derna and al marj are among the worst hit but much of the country has been declared a Disaster Zone and three days of mourning have begun. Sally nabil is following the story for us from cairo, where storm daniel is headed. What is the latest youre hearing from cairo . It what is the latest youre hearing from cairo . From cairo . It is a very grim icture from cairo . It is a very grim picture at from cairo . It is a very grim picture at the from cairo . It is a very grim picture at the moment. From cairo . It is a very grim picture at the moment. The | from cairo . It is a very grim picture at the moment. The situation in libya is pretty heartbroken. We are talking about 2000 people who lost their lives so far, according to local officials, and the death toll is expected to rise dramatically as there are thousands of people who have gone missing. Big parts of the eastern city is submerged totall
And coming up on the bbc news channel, hamdan parks is the oldest fixture in international football, as scotland take on england in a friendly, 150 years on from their first meeting. Good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news at one. Female surgeons working in nhs hospitals are subjected to a culture of Sexual Harassment and assaults by male colleagues, according to a major new report shared exclusively with bbc news. The research, described by the Royal College of surgeons as truly shocking, identifies a pattern of female trainees being abused by senior male surgeons. 0ur Health Correspondent James Gallagher reports. One example that ive got when i was a junior surgeon, so the person with the least power in the Operating Theatre is, i was i was assisting a consultant on a case. I guess hed got a bit sweaty but turned around and just buried his head right into my breasts. And i realised he was wiping his brow on me. And you just freeze, right . Why is his face in my cleavage, you know