russell brand, comedian, actor, political commentator accused of multiple sexual assaults and the rape of a woman that the programme dispatches called nadia. he's grabbing at my, my underwear, pulling it to the side. i'm telling him to get off me, he won't get off. i was distraught, trying to get out of the house with him being so much taller than me, like, holding me up against the wall. further details have now been published about nadia reporting the incident to a rape crisis centre and also a series of text messages that the investigators say russell brand sent to nadia. the exchange begins with him saying, "i'm sorry, i will make this up to you". and then he goes on to ask, "will you everforgive me?" it was just as these allegations first began to emerge that he arrived for a performance in london. on stage he was met by fans with cheers and a standing ovation. he has these days, millions of followers on social media... this is anti—establishment, anti—authoritarian. .. where he has cast himself as a voice of dissent against mainstream media. but the catalogue of accusations and concerns about his behaviour stretch over his many years in mainstream tv and radio, and the foreign secretary says it raises wider questions about the entertainment industry. russell brand made his name on channel 4's big brother. dispatches featured claims that staff helped pick out girls for him from the audience. it felt like we were essentially taking lambs into slaughter. channel 4 says it has no evidence that any of the alleged incidents were brought to its attention at the time. oh, no, this is andrew sachs�* answer phone? and the bbc, which parted company with russell brand after a scandal over offensive voice mail messages, has also said it's making urgent inquiries. meanwhile, russell brand has issued a statement in vehemently denying all the allegations. i was very, very promiscuous. now, during that time of promiscuity, the relationships i had were absolutely always consensual. i was always transparent about that then. and to see that transparency metastasised into something criminal, that i absolutely deny, makes me question, is there another agenda at play? however, in 2020, a woman the programme called alice who said a relationship had begun when she was 16 and that she'd been assaulted by brand, contacted his agent. i phoned the offices and i asked to speak to his agent. they say they now believe that they were misled by brands denials. and as his tour continues, many others are facing questions about what they were told and what did they do? broadcasters, including the bbc and channel 4, say they are investigating after the allegations that russell brand sexually assaulted four women. our correspondent, leigh milner has more from the newsroom. the company that owns the big brother brand is making urgent enquiries, channellisays brother brand is making urgent enquiries, channel 4 says it has done a document search and found nothing so far but it is carrying out another internal investigation. the bbc is investigating if any complaints were made while he was working as a radio presenter. you have to remember that most of the allegations come after 2012 when he was working in america, and the hollywood studios and there is a question of his charitable work as well, one charity that works with women and children has recently cut ties with the comedian. these are four very serious allegations of sexual assault and rape. two of them allegedly took place in los angeles, the le pd have said they have not been told about them but it is early days and the lapd do have a history of pursuing allegations of the me to variety, the other allegations are supposedly to have taken place in the uk including the allegations made by the woman who was 16 at the time. while the metropolitan police have said it has not received any reports, they say anyone who believes they may have been a victim of sexual assault, no matter how long ago it happened are being urged to contact the police stop it is worth saying russell brand has also said all of the sexual relations were consensual.— of the sexual relations were consensual. let's move onto some other _ consensual. let's move onto some other stories - consensual. let's move onto some other stories now. - five americans who have been jailed for years in iran are expected to fly home today as part of a prisoner swap in a deal mediated by the gulf state of qatar. the american prisoners include siamak namzi, an oil executive who was first detained in 2015 when he travelled to iran on business. he was sentenced to 10 years in prison on spying charges. emad shargi was travelling in iran with his wife in 2018 when he was first detained before being re—arrested two years later for espionage. and morad tahbaz, a british—american conservationist of iranian descent, who was arrested five years ago. like siamak namzi, both men received 10—year sentences. the fourth and fifth prisoners have not been identified. the agreement will also see the release of $6 billion of iranian funds held in south korea, and five iranians imprisoned in us jails will be freed at the same time. five metropolitan police officers are due to appear at a gross misconduct hearing over the stop—and—search of athlete bianca williams. the british sprinter and her partner richard dos santos were stopped in their car in west london injuly 2020. they were handcuffed, searched and separated from their three—month—old son, but nothing was found and no arrests were made. new research suggests the social media platform snapchat was involved in nearly half of all online grooming crimes recorded by police in england and wales in the past year. figures obtained by the nspcc show there were more than 2000 known cases of sexual communication with a child on the platform. the nspcc is part of a global coalition of more than 100 sexual abuse survivors families and child safety experts demanding tech companies take responsibility to protect children on their sites. the british 0pposition leader, keir starmer, has promised he'll try to re—write britain's brexit deal with the european union if his labour party wins the next general election. speaking to the financial times newspaper, mr starmer said he would make closer relations with the eu a priority to bolster britain's economic growth. he said there were improvements to be made in areas like security, innovation and research. but he's ruled out re—joining the customs union, the single market or the eu itself. russian officials will this morning appear in the hague to object to the international court ofjustice hearing ukraine's allegations against the country. kyiv filed the case shortly after russia's invasion in february last year, accusing moscow of falsely using genocide law to justify the attack. russia says the world court has no jurisdiction to weigh in on the matter. live now to adelaide. juliette mcintyre is a law lecturer at the university of south australia and has been following developments at the international court of justice. talk us through this case, what is at stake? it talk us through this case, what is at stake?— is at stake? it is a significant - is at stake? it is a j significant hearing is at stake? it is a - significant hearing we are having today because if russia is successful the case. here. basically, when russia launched its invasion in 2022, there were a number of statements made by 02, the foreign minister that suggested the reason russia was invading ukraine was to prevent a genocide against russians that was occurring in the luhansk and on next regions of ukraine. so what ukraine has done is brought the case saying this is a false allegation against ukraine, that there was no genocide being committed against russians in this claim was just against russians in this claim wasjust a against russians in this claim was just a pretext for the invasion. was just a pretext for the invasion-— was just a pretext for the invasion. ~ ., ., , ., ~ invasion. what do you think will happen? _ invasion. what do you think will happen? look, - invasion. what do you think will happen? look, the - invasion. what do you think| will happen? look, the odds invasion. what do you think - will happen? look, the odds are re will happen? look, the odds are pretty good _ will happen? look, the odds are pretty good the _ will happen? look, the odds are pretty good the court _ will happen? look, the odds are pretty good the court will- will happen? look, the odds are pretty good the court will find i pretty good the court will find it has jurisdiction and will proceed with the case. we have already had one hearing last year with the court found that it looked like it probably had jurisdiction although it did not have to make that decision at the time. we also now have 32 other states coming before the court alongside ukraine, supporting ukraine's case and advising the court that they also believe that court has jurisdiction to proceed. i5 jurisdiction to proceed. is anyone supporting russia's case? , , ., anyone supporting russia's case? , , . . , anyone supporting russia's case? ,, . ., ., case? russia has no-one standing _ case? russia has no-one standing by _ case? russia has no-one standing by their - case? russia has no-one standing by their side, i case? russia has no-one - standing by their side, russia appearing by itself, so interestingly the court has provided russia with some additional speaking time which is unusual, normally the parties have equal amounts of speaking time, given the large number of states appearing in support of ukraine, the court has, quite rightly to ensure its impartiality allowed russia some extra speaking time. this its impartiality allowed russia some extra speaking time. as we have mentioned _ some extra speaking time. as we have mentioned russia _ some extra speaking time. as we have mentioned russia says - some extra speaking time. as we have mentioned russia says this| have mentioned russia says this court has no jurisdiction, have mentioned russia says this court has nojurisdiction, does not recognise it or its decisions, so from that perspective your thoughts on the outcome of this and what impact it would have?- the outcome of this and what impact it would have? look, we already have — impact it would have? look, we already have a _ impact it would have? look, we already have a decision - impact it would have? look, we already have a decision from . impact it would have? look, we already have a decision from a i already have a decision from a court saying russia, you should not be doing what you are doing at all and they have ordered russia to stop the invasion stop obviously that has not occurred. russia is attempting to get rid of the case entirely ljy to get rid of the case entirely by convincing the court they do not have jurisdiction, by convincing the court they do not havejurisdiction, if russia is not successful with that, it is possible russia will continue to ignore the court �*s orders, but the case will weather russia chooses to appear or not appear continue onwards to a decision on the merits of the court has jurisdiction.— merits of the court has jurisdiction. thank you for our jurisdiction. thank you for your thoughts _ jurisdiction. thank you for your thoughts on - jurisdiction. thank you for your thoughts on that. - juliette mcintyre, law lecturer at the university of south australia thank you for having me. in libya, officials say at least three greek rescue workers have died in a road accident as they were travelling from benghazi to derna. seven others have been critically injured. a week after catastrophic floods ravaged the city, rescue teams are still pulling out dead bodies from ruined buildings and the sea. 0ur correspondent anna foster reports. it's one of the most vital jobs in derna and one of the most distressing. doctors and detectives gather each day in this hospital car park to process the dead. a black body bag is carefully unzipped. expert hands gently probe, taking measurements orfinding identifying marks. many victims are now beyond recognition but their dna is taken and logged in case there are still families alive to find them. many thousands are officially missing, like mohammed's sister and her husband. when he went to find them after the floods, their house had been washed away. he's heard nothing from them since. translation: i saw cars coming down. l i came out running. i thought that was it, that i'm going to die. 0ur neighbours, we could see them waving flashlights. in just a few moments, the light went out and they disappeared. that was the hardest thing. he showed me a video he took that night as the water gushed in. they ran up to the roof to escape the raging torrent. international aid is now arriving in derna in earnest, flights carrying vital medical supplies from around the world. and although earth and debris have enveloped the streets, there are still points of light. this is such a stark contrast to the mud and dirt that covers so much of this city — piles of colourful clothes brought here to be donated to people who really need them. this is libyans helping libyans in one of their worst moments of crisis. translation: praise be to god, everything is good. _ they've sent lots of aid. a week on from this disaster, survivors are finding comfort where they can in a place that has lost so much. anna foster, bbc news, derna. around the world and across the uk, this is bbc news. let's look at some other stories making news. people aged 65 and over in england are being urged to book a booster vaccine against covid. the rollout has been brought forward as a precaution against a new variant. last autumn, all over 50s were offered the vaccine but the government's medical advisers recommended that only the over—65s and other vulnerable groups should be included automatically this year. the cost of renting a home rose by 12% in the year to august, according to estate agency hamptons — that's the highest since it started its survey in 2014. it says typical monthly rent of a newly let property is now just over £1,300. two pubs a day have disappeared in england and wales in the first half of the year — that's according to government statistics. figures showed that 230 pubs vanished in the three months to 30 june — an increase over the previous quarter, when the doors to 153 pubs closed. campaigners have called for planning laws to change to protect pubs. you're live with bbc news. in south africa, a notorious anti—migrant campaign group has registered as a political party ahead of next year's general election. operation dudula — which means "operation force out" in zulu — have vowed to take their campaign against undocumented foreign nationals to the country's parliament. bbc africa eye's ayanda charlie reports from johannesburg. these men are on a mission to confront a local shopkeeper who is in dispute with his landlady over rent. is in dispute with his landlady over rent-— over rent. where is the pay ass of over rent. where is the pay pass of this _ over rent. where is the pay pass of this business? - over rent. where is the pay | pass of this business? bring the pay pass, the pay parsia and we will talk.— the pay pass, the pay parsia and we will talk. they say they are here to _ and we will talk. they say they are here to engage _ and we will talk. they say they are here to engage with - and we will talk. they say they are here to engage with him i and we will talk. they say they. are here to engage with him but within minutes, the situation turns ugly. without papers to prove his residency, shopkeeperfrom mozambique was forced out of his business. this is operation dudula, an anti— migrant campaign group and newlyformed political party. what gives you the right for that? i’m political party. what gives you the right for that?— the right for that? i'm a citizen- _ the right for that? i'm a citizen. i— the right for that? i'm a citizen. i am _ the right for that? i'm a citizen. i am legally - the right for that? i'm a l citizen. i am legally here. the right for that? i'm a - citizen. iam legally here. not citizen. i am legally here. not vigilantes. citizen. iam legally here. not vigilantes— citizen. iam legally here. not vigilantes. they say they want all undocumented _ vigilantes. they say they want all undocumented migrants i vigilantes. they say they want all undocumented migrants to leave south africa. we all undocumented migrants to leave south africa.— all undocumented migrants to leave south africa. we grew up in apartheid — leave south africa. we grew up in apartheid times _ leave south africa. we grew up in apartheid times square - in apartheid times square things were much better —— times when things were much better and now the government is failing us. but better and now the government is failing us— is failing us. but critics accused _ is failing us. but critics accused them - is failing us. but critics accused them of - is failing us. but critics - accused them of xenophobia and vigilantism. accused them of xenophobia and vigilantism— vigilantism. good morning! how are ou? vigilantism. good morning! how are you? the — vigilantism. good morning! how are you? the migrants - vigilantism. good morning! how are you? the migrants are - vigilantism. good morning! how are you? the migrants are the l are you? the migrants are the poorest of the poor and are vulnerable. who would rather go to them than battling the cages of the guys living in the glasshouses.— of the guys living in the alasshouses. , ., glasshouses. hundreds gathered in centraljohannesburg - glasshouses. hundreds gathered in centraljohannesburg for- in centraljohannesburg for operation dudula's conference. the mood is celebratory. but listen to some of the words. this man is singing," we will go to the gas station, buy some petrol and burn the foreigners". at the conference, members voted overwhelmingly in favour of becoming a political party. sadly the below is the president and hopes to leave the party in next year's general election. you have managed to gain following on the singular message that foreigners must go. is that not running on hate ——zandile dabula. running on hate --zandile dabula. ~ ., running on hate --zandile dabula. ., , dabula. most of the problems we have are caused _ dabula. most of the problems we have are caused by _ dabula. most of the problems we have are caused by the _ dabula. most of the problems we have are caused by the influx - have are caused by the influx of foreign nationals. taste have are caused by the influx of foreign nationals. we were at an operation _ of foreign nationals. we were at an operation yesterday - of foreign nationals. we were j at an operation yesterday and what was supposed to be a conversation quickly turned into a confrontation. in some instances _ into a confrontation. in some instances you _ into a confrontation. in some instances you need _ into a confrontation. in some instances you need to - into a confrontation. in some instances you need to be - into a confrontation. in some i instances you need to be harsh. we don't promote violence and we don't want people to feel harassed but i will tell you at some stage, we really need to push harder. some stage, we really need to push harder-— push harder. the ruling anc -a push harder. the ruling anc party has — push harder. the ruling anc party has been _ push harder. the ruling anc party has been in _ push harder. the ruling anc i party has been in government for almost 30 years but against the backdrop of a failing economy, rampant criminality and widespread corruption, polls show that support for the party has been declining. operation dudula was hoping to fill the vacuum. ayanda charlie, bbc news. live now to south africa and dr lufuno sadiki, a criminologist from the university of pretoria. good to have you on the programme. what do you think about the potential of this political party operation dudula? ,., ., political party operation dudula?— political party operation dudula? ., ., ., ,, dudula? good morning and thank ou so dudula? good morning and thank you so much _ dudula? good morning and thank you so much for— dudula? good morning and thank you so much for having _ dudula? good morning and thank you so much for having me. - dudula? good morning and thank you so much for having me. i - you so much for having me. i think what has been shocking to see is the fact that a vigilante group has become very more formalised and very more structured, as well as organised. previously, what we saw was the vigilantes, individuals aren't individuals targeting foreign nationals but what we see now is the un— formalised structure that may have power to actually affect, you know, foreign nationals. it does look like it is becoming a movement, doesn't it, and it has got support. and you can understand the frustration of people, poverty isjust people, poverty is just terrible people, poverty isjust terrible in so many parts of south africa, isn't it? absolutely. if you look at our unemployment rates, even though it decreased by 0.3%, you find we still have the highest unemployment rate in the world, as well as inequality where10% of the population own 80% of the wealth in our country and what has been shocking or devastating is the fact that our youth unemployment rate is 70 logeval sitting at 60% —— sitting at 60% which describes the climate in our country that people are frustrated, people are angry, people are hungry and peoplejust are angry, people are hungry and people just want are angry, people are hungry and peoplejust wantjobs. hour and people 'ust want “obs. how do ou and peoplejust want “obs. how do you mint and peoplejust want “obs. how do you think this _ and peoplejust want “obs. how do you think this is _ and people just wantjobs. how do you think this is going to play out, the election next year will be difficult on many levels and their is so much dissension about the anc and how it has been governing south africa since the fall of apartheid. this adds another element to that, doesn't it? absolutely, because i think what we have been seeing on the ground is that we have what we call that a phobic nationalism, where people are frustrated and people are angry but people are more and more targeting foreign nationals due to unemployment, due to poverty, due to high crime rates. due to lack of basic services such as adequate housing, education, as well as health services. and also, with the tensions that are growing, when foreign nationals are targeted, you realise that the citizens's anger is, in a way, misplaced. i think it is easier to target a foreign national than actually to head out and target the government. so next year's elections are set against a backdrop of load sharing over what we call rolling blackouts. it will be very interesting because it is notjust going to be the anc as well as operation dudula. radii well as operation dudula. all rirht. well as operation dudula. all right. inaudible _ well as operation dudula. all right. inaudible growing - right. inaudible growing su- ort right. inaudible growing support for— right. inaudible growing support for ancp - right. inaudible growing support for ancp and - right. inaudible growing | support for ancp and other groups that have been emerging for... ,, . groups that have been emerging for. . .- inaudible - groups that have been emerging for...- inaudible ruling i for... shaw. inaudible ruling -a . it for... shaw. inaudible ruling party- it is— for... shaw. inaudible ruling party- it is great _ for... shaw. inaudible ruling party. it is great to _ for... shaw. inaudible ruling party. it is great to speak- for... shaw. inaudible ruling party. it is great to speak to l party. it is great to speak to ou, party. it is great to speak to you. doctor _ party. it is great to speak to you, doctor sadiki, - party. it is great to speak to you, doctor sadiki, thank i party. it is great to speak to l you, doctor sadiki, thank you for your time but we must move on. questions are being raised over how effective the response has been to the deadly earthquake that hit morocco a week last friday. that's just ten days ago. some villages say they have not received supplies from authorities and some roads remain inaccessible. ethar shalaby visited a group of villages near douar azilal, in the high atlas mountains, 25km from the earthquake's epicentre. more than one week after the devastating earthquake struck morocco, this is how people are resorting to moving supplies to villages that haven't received any government help. translation: this aid is being delivered up high in the mountain to a village. we use their own donkeys.— mountain to a village. we use their own donkeys. with some roads still— their own donkeys. with some roads still blocked _ their own donkeys. with some roads still blocked following i roads still blocked following the earthquake, this is the only way to get what little food and other essentials volunteers have brought to the affected villages. but before the aid is taken to each village in this area, it has to be divided up. there is not enough to go around. so locals have organised a lottery system. each person will get something. but not everyone will get a bag of flour today. translation: it's will get a bag of flour today. translation:— translation: it's for everybody's _ translation: it's for everybody's benefit. l translation: it's for. everybody's benefit. it's translation: it's for- everybody's benefit. it's own arguments will occur and one person will say someone took an unfair amount.— unfair amount. villages think the system — unfair amount. villages think the system is _ unfair amount. villages think the system is fair _ unfair amount. villages think the system is fair but - unfair amount. villages think the system is fair but the - the system is fair but the supplies are not enough. translation:— supplies are not enough. translation: ., , ., translation: the only aid we receive is from _ translation: the only aid we receive is from volunteers. - translation: the only aid we | receive is from volunteers. may god reward them. she receive is from volunteers. may god reward them.— receive is from volunteers. may god reward them. she adds that the have god reward them. she adds that they have not — god reward them. she adds that they have not received - god reward them. she adds that they have not received any - god reward them. she adds that they have not received any aid i they have not received any aid from the government and that there is not enough getting through, especially tense. this is the new home of a family of ten people after the earthquake destroyed the house —— tents. they tell me that the limited aid they received has forced them to come up with ideas to be able to live, like making up these simple tents. ngo volunteers say the coming days will be like a marathon, not a sprint, because these people will need aid that will cover them not only four weeks at four months before winter comes. —— for weeks. this aid was delivered by rocco biodiversity and livelihood association, normally a conservation group. volunteers like this have played a vital role in getting aid to remote areas like this. translation: annexed plan _ areas like this. translation: annexed plan will— areas like this. translation: annexed plan will focus - areas like this. translation: annexed plan will focus on - annexed plan will focus on providing more tents. villages hear approach us and ask us to provide them with more. winter is coming and some people are living in high areas that are difficult to reach. the moroccan _ difficult to reach. the | moroccan government difficult to reach. the moroccan government with a number of international partners has rolled out a large aid and rescue programme to the affected region. but while some helpers reaching the area, some people are asking why they are not seeing more. until then, they will have to rely on simple means to receive help. ethar shalaby, bbc news. next, we have the top business stories here on bbc news. i will see you then. hello. it is shaping up to be a very unsettled and autumnal week of weather with some strong winds and some heavy rain — and talking of heavy rain, on sunday, parts of south—west england had localised flash flooding because of some really intense downpours and thunderstorms that drifted up from the south. you can see the shower clouds there on our earlier satellite picture. we've also got a couple of different frontal systems pushing in from the west so, whichever way you slice it, quite a wet start to monday for many of us. still some hefty showers across parts of eastern england first thing. then, here comes our band of rain — some particularly wet weather across parts of scotland. behind our rain bands, we see a mixture of sunny spells and showers. some of those could be on the heavy side. and also behind our rain band, a cooler, fresherfeel, so temperatures north to south 13—20 degrees, so cool and fresh as we head into monday night. some clear spells, still some showers and then, here comes our next weather system. a zone of cloud and outbreaks of heavy rain across northern ireland, south west scotland, north west england, parts of wales, turning very mild down towards the south—west, rather chilly across north—eastern parts of scotland. so, here comes our next frontal system for tuesday that is going to bring some heavy bursts of rain — particularly wet, i think, over high ground in south west scotland, north west england and parts of wales. to the south of that, some patchy rain and a fair amount of cloud but it is going to be windy, particularly for england, wales, northern ireland. inland spots could see gusts of 50 mph. around some of the coasts, the winds could be a little bit stronger than that. temperature—wise, well, we could get to 20 or 21 degrees if the cloud breaks at all down towards the south of england and south wales. tuesday night into wednesday, we see all these white lines, all these isobars on the chart — that shows us that it is going to be windy still. windy on wednesday, particularly just ahead of this band of cloud and rain, this cold front, which will be pushing its way southwards and eastwards through the day. to the north and west of that, well, we see a mix of sunny spells and showers returning — temperatures of 14—22 degrees. for the end of the week, it does stay very unsettled — showers or longer spells of rain — and it will often be windy, particularly in the north—west of the uk as we head into next weekend. live from london, this is bbc news. activists make their voices heard ahead of a key week of climate talks at the un. but are the world's financial institutions playing their part? all eyes on interest rates this week as the us, uk and japan are due to make their latest moves to tackle soaring prices. and the post—pandemic boating boom rocked by the war in ukraine. we test the water at the uk's biggest show. hello, i'm sally bundock. you are very welcome. we start in new york where thousands of climate campaigners took to the streets on sunday ahead of a key week for climate talks at the united nations. starting today with the un's sustainable development summit, where world leaders are coming together to mark the half way point to the deadline set for achieving their sustainability goals by the end of the decade. these range from working towards ending world poverty, to creating sustainable economic growth while tackling climate change. the environment underpins all of this, and both the world bank and the international monetary fund are going to be there as key stakeholders. but have these institutions been doing enough?