The billionaire businessman and convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein has died in prison in new york. Hes believed to have taken his own life. Epstein once counted among his friends bill clinton, donald trump and Prince Andrew, and was charged last month with trafficking dozens of underage girls for sex. He was due to stand trial next year. Earlier we got reaction from the New York Times journalist, ali watkins, who has been covering the case so far. We were all stunned. This comes on the heels of thousands of documents being unveiled on a related case and it has been working its way through the court system. It ruin to focus what this was. Every few days there isa what this was. Every few days there is a new turn this and nobody expected this. As we heard in that report, only a few weeks ago epstein was found in his cell having a p pa re ntly was found in his cell having apparently tried to take its own life and questions are being asked about how somebody in a secure unit could have attempted Something Like that. We are exploring right now and we find Jeffrey Epstein was not on suicide watch. He had been placed on suicide watch. He had been placed on suicide watch. He had been placed on suicide watch three weeks ago when found in his cell after an apparent attempt at suicide and he was put on attempt at suicide and he was put on a special unit designated in the system for people who are at risk of suicide and he was then taken off that unit on july suicide and he was then taken off that unit onjuly 29. A few days ago he was moved to a separate cell. Still a separate facility but he was no longer under 20 four sevenths surveillance. A lot of questions are being asked and we had about this fbi investigation. And the Justice Department this morning said that the fbi is looking into his death and the bureau of prisons and the Justice Department have started their own investigations looking into how and whyJeffrey Epstein was taken off suicide watch and how this could have been allowed to happen. And he was awaiting trial on the sex trafficking charges and there will be people hoping to have their day in court who were hoping to have these allegations aired, what do we know about the Legal Proceedings right now . We know the criminal piece against epstein is likely dead. But there are several different avenues this could take and prosecutors have made clear in Court Documents in new work that they were investigating other individuals involved with mr epstein and we obviously know there have been allegations trailing several high profile rich, powerful men for yea rs of high profile rich, powerful men for years of having been involved in his activities so where the case goes from there, it will be interesting to see how the prosecutors handle this. Ali watkins from the New York Times. In a few minutes well be joined by bbc one viewers for a full round up of the days news with clive myrie. But First National grid says it will learn the lessons after nearly a Million People across england and wales were affected by yesterdays power cut. The supply failure left thousands of train passengers stranded. Earlier, nigel harris, from rail magazine told my why the Train Network was so affected. Network rail has got standby generators in all of its big signal boxes and control centres so the signalling system stays alive. As soon as a mains power goes off the generators kick in so the signalling system stays clear. If we had a 100 diesel railway, the railway would just continue, but, of course, we have not, the main lines are overhead electric and in the Southern Region we have third Rail Electrification and if you pull the plug the railway would need its power stations to energise 25,000 volt overhead wires, so if you lose power the network stops, you literally unplug the national network. How unusual an event do you think this was . Is this something that has been troubling people as a possibility in the Rail Industry for a while . I guess it gets looked at, i have been in railfor 25 years and i cannot recall, there was one other incident where there was a power failure like this and it was very original, nothing on this scale. The idea that you get a sort of power outage which takes out three quarters of the main lines is just outrageous. The National Grid should not have such a lack of resilience in terms of having reserve online that you lose two power stations and the whole system seems to collapse if the railway was so ill prepared, then we would have a very different interview. Do you think that the Railway Industry will be lobbying the Energy Industry to Say Something needs to be done and this is what we would suggest . I am sure those points will be made, but for goodness sake, it should not mean the railway, this affected a Million People, hospitals, hundreds of thousands of homes, we are the fifth biggest economy in the world and we cannot have the Main National power system so poorly resilient it will not do. Nigel harris. Its a right to be done by the ra i lwa ys its a right to be done by the railways on the Train Operating Companies . We heard that some people in those situations where they were stuck on trains had their lives made worse by the way the trains were set 7 worse by the way the trains were set up . Those new units on thameslink which the government designed and specified, let us be clear, do seem to have an issue when the power goes off and that will be looked at urgently. Maybe the Rail Industry should specify trains and not the department for transport and that is a question that does need asking. And that once doing. When we have individual trains breaking down then certainly we spend far too long rescuing individual trains but when the whole network goes off and every electric train stops, then there is nothing we can do until the power comes on and let us take one second to salute, if you like, thousands of real weight men and women who had a terrible day yesterday trying to do their best to keep people happy, fed and watered and as comfortable as a good while they sat on trains. They did a hell of a job. Absolutely. Dealing with cross people. One final thought, we heard that although the power was back on yesterday evening, the knock on effect will last some time. Why is that . Just like in aviation, when there is a couple of inches of snow at heathrow on the flight inches of snow at heathrow on the flight stop, it is such a busy network that all the trains and all the people, the day after, or in the wrong place to sign in on duty for thejobs wrong place to sign in on duty for the jobs they need to do so it takes a couple of days to get everything backin a couple of days to get everything back in the right order and in the right place and working in the right sequence right place and working in the right sequence to rebuild that complex timetable. We carry 800 Million People and we now carry billions and the system is under stress and when it collapses takes a while to get it back. The convicted sex offender, Jeffrey Epstein, once a friend of president s and british royalty, is found dead in his prison cell, in new york. The multi millionaire financier, faced new sex trafficking charges, and apparently took his own life. He once courted the rich and famous, but stood accused of exploiting dozens of under age girls, forcing them into prostitution. The fbi is now investigating the circumstances surrounding his death. Also tonight. The National Grid says it will urgently review procedures, after nearly a Million People across england and wales, were hit by yesterdays power cut. We will learn lessons and want to review how this worked, to avoid some of those significant impacts in future. The family of missing british teenager nora quoirin, who disappeared in malaysia, make a fresh appeal, for information. Hundreds are arrested across russia, after opposition protests, described as the biggest the country has seen, in almost a decade. And a sterling performance for manchester city, but was it enough for the defending champions, in their Opening Premier League game . Good evening. 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 on new charges of trafficking dozens of underage girls for sex. Epstein had once counted among his friends bill clinton, donald trump and Prince Andrew. He was due to stand trial next year. 0ur north america correspondent, neda tawfik, reports from new york. 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. 0nce, 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. 0ne 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. Neda tawfik, bbc news, new york. 0ur washington correspondent, Chris Buckler is at the white house. The investigation has led to questions about his relations with people at the very top of american society, does his dad to bring an end to that . Death bring an end. Jeffrey epstein could hardly have been better connected, he knew royalty, he knew bill clinton and donald trump, donald trump once he was a great guy and like him he liked beautiful women and went on to say, butjeffrey liked beautiful women and went on to say, but Jeffrey Epstein liked beautiful women and went on to say, butJeffrey Epstein liked him, as he described on the younger side. President trump has tried to distance himself from those comments and from Jeffrey Epstein himself and thatis and from Jeffrey Epstein himself and that is also true of other us politicians who have been named in recently named civil court papers and what everyone is asking, given the publicity surrounding this case and the nature of these allegations, how could Jeffrey Epstein have been found dead in his cell especially after an apparent Suicide Attempt just two weeks ago . Us attorney general is said be livid and there are investigations taking place by amongst others, the fbi. Chris butler, thanks for joining amongst others, the fbi. Chris butler, thanks forjoining us. National grid says it will learn the lessons, after nearly a Million People across england and wales, were affected by yesterdays power cut. The regulator, 0fgem, has demanded an urgent report into what went wrong. The supply failure left thousands of train passengers stranded, homes up and down the country without electricity, and Ipswich Hospital lost power when back up generators failed. Heres ben ando. It was the biggest and most disruptive power failure for over a decade. Major stations in chaos, passengers stranded or trapped, traffic controls inactive and a large nhs hospital without power. One of the many caught on electric trains that went dead was lily winin. The power cut off and i was sat in a carriage by myself and the storm had started outside, so all of the rain was coming onto the windows and it was pitch black. We all started to sit together to try and piece together what was going on, because no one could really understand and the announcements were failing because of the lack of power. And then we all had to walk to the very end of the carriage in the pitch black, going through a tunnel. After four hours, lily and her fellow passengers were led along the tracks to the nearest station. At Ipswich Hospital, the main power cut was followed by a failure in emergency back up generators, but hospital managers say essential equipment was able to keep working on batteries. So, what went wrong . Two generator plans, one a gas fired power station in cambridgeshire, the other a large wind farm in the north sea, failed almost simultaneously. To protect the rest of the network, power was cut to certain areas. A double failure has happened before, in 2008, but with far less impact. So, why so much worse this time . The Energy Regulator has asked for an urgent report. We need to do a detailed technical examination of the event and we will be sending that report through to 0fgem and we will build that analysis over the coming days and weeks as we review it. And then, off that, im sure we will learn lessons and want to review how this worked to avoid some of those significant impacts in future. There are also concerns that although power came back quite quickly, the railways were in chaos for hours. Questions are being asked about the performance of some of the new trains now in use. Theyre electric, the air conditioning wouldnt work and they became hot and stuffy very quickly because windows cant be opened. Also, even when power was restored, they couldnt be restarted by the drivers who had to wait for engineers to come along. That massively added to the delays. National grid could now face a fine of up to 10 of its annual turnover. But some argue that years of underinvestment by successive governments is partly to blame, leaving the uk with a Power Network that works fine, most of the time, but is exposed when the unexpected happens. Ben ando, bbc news. And travellers have been affected by further disruption, this time because of bad weather, after heavy rain and thunderstorms hit large parts of the uk. An overnight downpour caused flooding on parts of the west coast mainline, between carlisle and lockerbie, trapping passengers on five trains. Heavy rain also affected parts of yorkshire. This footage was filmed in hauz, in the north of the county. And high winds brought down a tree in russell square, in central london, crushing a taxi. Police had to close the road. Tens of thousands of people in russia, have taken part in nationwide demonstrations, which organisers say were the biggest the country has seen in almost a decade. The protestors are demanding opposition candidates be allowed to take part in local elections. Hundreds of people were arrested. From moscow, Sarah Rainsford reports. 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 im 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. In the authorised protests on the outskirts of moscow, people have headed through the city centre and they want to take their protest to the president ial Administration Just over there. But instead, they have been met by huge numbers of riot police to stop them getting anywhere near the centre of power here. But theyve cleared the streets before and that hasnt stopped these protests. Sarah rainsford, bbc news, moscow. The family of a 15