i spoke to michele servadei, who is a un representative in libya, and he gave us his assessment of what the immediate threats are now. displacement is a major concern as well. there are over 30,000 people displaced in multiple areas, mostly from derna town, but also in other areas. as you mentioned, the waterborne diseases risk. so it's not coming from the bodies. it's coming from potentially the sewage mixing with drinking water and with the water around. so we will need to provide safe water, but also repair quite fast the water and sanitation system and make sure that people in shelters have hygiene kits, but also that they have cholera prevention measures. and we are looking potentially at discussing with the government whether or not we need to do a vaccination campaign for that. and then, of course, in terms of children, for unicef, we are looking at psychosocial support, scaling up in shelters, but also for kids that have been affected themselves the night of the burst of the dam and of the floods. and then definitely this is in the first phase is really life—saving. so also supporting the health clinics, the health facilities to restore services and do mobile health clinics because many of the health facilities have been destroyed or are partially functioning. so we are having an interagency mission tomorrow with many other un agencies and for two days, and we will be on the ground and getting a bit more also from our partners. but there are direct assessments. i see. now i appreciate this may be outside your direct area of expertise, but i have to ask you about these warning systems. the bad weather coming in, the claim that if the warning systems had been up and running and if evacuations had happened, potentially thousands of lives would have been saved. does that ring true to you? i mean, i can'tjudge on the whether or not there should have been an evacuation versus a lockdown. this issue of bursting of the dams was quite exceptional. what i want to flag is just that climate change is hitting hard and is hitting hard in the mediterranean, where in places where we didn't think. and it's evident. and unicef raised the alarm a month ago with published climate landscape analysis for children, talking about the risks that they're exposed to. and this is happening. we'rejust saying, you know, climate change is evident and negationism, it is not the time for negationism now. but this was also compounded by the burst of the dam. so it's a massive disaster. i can'tjudge on the preparedness measures now. what counts is really to do life—saving support. an investigation is under way over bodycam footage that appears to show a seattle police officer laughing about a woman killed by a police car. 0fficer daniel auderer was responding to the death of 23—year—old jaahnavi kandula, who was killed near her university. india has demanded a thorough investigation. a warning, you may find the following video upsetting. initially, he said she was in a crosswalk. there's a witness that says, "no, she wasn't," but that witness could be different because i don't think she was thrown a0 feet either. i think she went up on the hood, hit the windshield, then when he hit the brakes flew off the car. but she is dead. laughter. no, it's a regular person. yeah. yeah, just write a cheque. just... yeah... laughter. $11,000! she was 26 anyway. she had limited value. live now to our reporter nada tawfik. so what do we know about this incident? ,, ., ., . incident? the seattle police department _ incident? the seattle police department have _ incident? the seattle police department have now- incident? the seattle police department have now said i incident? the seattle police i department have now said this footage — department have now said this footage was discovered in the routine — footage was discovered in the routine course of business, that on him ploy— routine course of business, that on him ploy of— routine course of business, that on him ploy of the department had discovered it, was concerned by and fi-ht discovered it, was concerned by and fight it_ discovered it, was concerned by and fight it up— discovered it, was concerned by and fight it up to a superior. and they say the _ fight it up to a superior. and they say the nature of those statements have now _ say the nature of those statements have now been flagged for an investigation. that investigation is going _ investigation. that investigation is going to _ investigation. that investigation is going to be by a police watchdog organisation, and they are the seattle — organisation, and they are the seattle office of police accountability. and they're going to look at _ accountability. and they're going to look at the — accountability. and they're going to look at the context in which those statements were made as well as whether— statements were made as well as whether any policies were violated in that _ whether any policies were violated in that conversation. now i think it's worth — in that conversation. now i think it's worth noting that officer daniel— it's worth noting that officer daniel auderer in the man he was speaking — daniel auderer in the man he was speaking to on the phone, mike sotoh. — speaking to on the phone, mike sotoh. are — speaking to on the phone, mike solon, are both officials of the police — solon, are both officials of the police union. 0fficer daniel auderer the vice _ police union. 0fficer daniel auderer the vice president of the union, mike _ the vice president of the union, mike solon the president of the police _ mike solon the president of the police union, so that will of course factor— police union, so that will of course factor in _ police union, so that will of course factor in all — police union, so that will of course factor in all of this. another oversight— factor in all of this. another oversight organisation of police in seattle _ oversight organisation of police in seattle reacted to this video, saying — seattle reacted to this video, saying that it was shockingly insensitive and heartbreaking. and have we insensitive and heartbreaking. have we had insensitive and heartbreaking. fific have we had any reaction insensitive and heartbreaking. jifir. have we had any reaction there? insensitive and heartbreaking. and i have we had any reaction there? we have. we have heard from the family. they've _ have. we have heard from the family. they've given a statement. they've said that _ they've given a statement. they've said that the statements were disturbing and it was sad for them to hear— disturbing and it was sad for them to hear these insensitive comments. they said _ to hear these insensitive comments. they said their daughter was a beloved — they said their daughter was a beloved daughter, that she was beyond — beloved daughter, that she was beyond any dollar value to her mother— beyond any dollar value to her mother and her family beyond any dollar value to her motherand herfamily and beyond any dollar value to her mother and her family and that they firmly— mother and her family and that they firmly believe that any human being is invaluable and not to be belittled. now we have not heard directiv— belittled. now we have not heard directly from the officer himself, but a _ directly from the officer himself, but a conservative radio host in seattle — but a conservative radio host in seattle said that he had received comment— seattle said that he had received comment from the officer. the officer— comment from the officer. the officer says that he can see how those _ officer says that he can see how those comments have been taken to mean _ those comments have been taken to mean he _ those comments have been taken to mean he was belittling life, but he says that _ mean he was belittling life, but he says that he expresses regret and in fact he _ says that he expresses regret and in fact he was— says that he expresses regret and in fact he was in those comments sarcastically mocking how it city lawyers — sarcastically mocking how it city lawyers would be dealing with this issue _ lawyers would be dealing with this issue so — lawyers would be dealing with this issue so a — lawyers would be dealing with this issue. so a lot of people on a sociai— issue. so a lot of people on a social media reacted to whether or not they— social media reacted to whether or not they believe that explanation, but certainlyjust by the video itself, — but certainlyjust by the video itself, a — but certainlyjust by the video itself, a law of debate here again in this— itself, a law of debate here again in this country about how police deai— in this country about how police deal with— in this country about how police deal with their communities. thank ou ve deal with their communities. thank you very much _ deal with their communities. thank you very much for _ deal with their communities. thank you very much for that. _ here in the uk, the prime minister has said it will be difficult to keep their promise of limiting waiting time list because of industrial action with the doctor union saying that was a cheap shot. the highest records of people waiting for an appointment since records began is currently under way. the nhs is looking to help cope with the usual winter pressures. here is our health editor. no time to say hi, so i'll say thanks, thanks, thanks. you guys do a smashing job. in a hurry to tell staff about new money for the nhs. someone else is going to have to do this. the prime minister was at north devon district hospital announcing plans to cope with winter pressures. in the south—west of england, services last winter were under severe strain with long ambulance delays. so what sort of, well, reception would rishi sunak get? local people have to wait years to get treatment. i've been waiting nearly three years. well, that's what, actually, that's the benefit of units like this, which kind of separate... one of mr sunak�*s key aims is speeding up treatment for patients. you go home today? that's fantastic. and are you going home home? are you still on course to hit your target of reducing waiting lists before the election? well, obviously that is challenging with industrial action. there's no two ways about it. we were making very good progress before industrial action. so is it possible that you'll miss that target? well, with industrial action, it's very hard to continue to meet these targets. but what i would say is we are making very good progress despite industrial action. last year, we virtually eliminated the number of people waiting two years. are you saying that without industrial action you would've met your target? yes, i'm confident that we would have, and that's what all our plans showed. but what's he doing about resolving the dispute? it's not my view on what pay should be... but why, as prime minister, can you not... this is independent. ..get round the table with the doctors to try and find a way through this? why can't you initiate some talks? we have tried in the past, and actually, i'm really grateful to the over a million nhs workers, including all our nurses, who did do exactly as you describe — got round the table, worked it out with the government, came to a sensible resolution. but there have been no talks with the doctors for months, nothing at all. as i said, over a million nhs workers and half a dozen nhs unions did do exactly as you described. the doctors' union hit back after hearing those comments. well, that's a cheap shot, isn't it? blaming doctors for ten years of rising waiting lists. - if we go back to 2013, 2.6 million people - on a waiting list, no strikes. if we go to the beginning, prior to the pandemic, - 4 million on waiting lists, no strikes. i the end of the pandemic, | 6 million on a waiting list. elsewhere in the south—west, tony is among those on a list for treatment. he's been waiting a year for a knee operation with no word when it'll happen. 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this is a vile trade, and that's why i'm here at europol saying how can we have a better agreement to share intelligence, havejoint operations and take these gangs down? europol is an eu policing body which britain left after brexit, but labour now wants to negotiate a new agreement giving british police faster and greater access to europol�*s real—time data bases and intelligence. labour believes that securing britain's borders requires a closer, not more distant, relationship with europe. for instance, a new party pledge to end the use of hotels for asylum—seekers, some reckon, would require a deal with the eu that would mean britain had to accept 100,000 more migrants. i don't think it's credible that he really wants to grip this problem, and his plans today seem to amount to saying that we might one day accept up to 100,000 eu migrants every year. that doesn't seem like a credible plan to me to stop the boats. yeah, but that's nonsense. that is embarrassing nonsense from the government, and they know it. if they hadn't lost control of the borders, some of what they say might have some credibility. but i think if you look at the last few years, almost every decision they've taken on this issue has led to the problem getting even worse than it was before. some will hope this visit is a sign a labour government might one day rejoin the eu. others will fear the party is ready to betray brexit. sir keir and shadow home secretary yvette cooper say it's neither. but if elected, it's clear labour would seek a much more active role on the european stage and that might come at a cost. mark easton, bbc news, the hague. let's go to the italian island between italy and north africa with people arriving there trying to get to europe and the mayor says 7000 people have arrived in the last 48 hours. that is effectively doubling the population. he has appealed for help. earlier i spoke to a journalist, who is into this and it's been following the story. this started on 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today-— the metropolitan police has paid damages to two women arrested at the clapham common vigil for sarah everard in 2021. patsy stevenson and dania al—0beid took legal action against the force, following their arrest at the gathering that was held during covid restrictions. the law firm representing the two women described the sum paid as "substa ntial". here's our special correspondent lucy manning. a picture that shocked. a woman pinned down, handcuffed by met police officers at a vigilfor sarah everard, murdered and raped by a met officer. patsy stevenson was arrested that night. dania al—0beid was also arrested at the vigil for breaking covid restrictions. today, the met has agreed to pay the women damages and says it regrets what happened. we were blamed for, you know, going there, for the arrest itself, 0ur motivations were constantly questioned. we were told that we hijacked the event. so to get some sort of recognition that we are allowed to be angry for the murder and rape of a woman by a serving officer is kind of like, 0k, we actually feel seen and heard somewhat and it gives us that sense of validation and our sanity back. hundreds of women gathered in march two years ago on clapham common to remember sarah everard. but the police claimed lockdown restrictions meant they had to clear the area. sirens sound. too abusive, claimed women there. shame on you! i was putting a candle down for sarah. a woman held her hand out and asked me to come up to the bandstand to help. the police were very heavy— handed with a lot of women. we just didn't expect to be arrested. ijust wanted to show my support for other women. sounds like it's still really distressing for you to talk about. yeah. i think it's been a huge part of my life for the past two and a half years. as dania listened, she realised she was the woman who patsy was describing trying to help as police moved in. ijust found out she was the woman putting her hand out, and i didn't even know. i didn't know that it was you. oh, my god! you said it there and it clicked. we never really spoke about it. we didn't know each other before the vigil. i held my hand out and we grabbed each other�*s arms, and she climbed over with me, and then we put our arms around each other. and you've onlyjust realised now? just realised, yeah. yeah. we'd never really spoken about it because we hadn't oh, my god. hey... but despite the payout, the women still feel that met hasn't properly apologised, just expressing regret, and it says its officers acted in good faith. lucy manning, bbc news. that's a lot, yeah. next the uk says it has changed its approach to china after a report from the intelligence is that the community saying the government had failed to come up with a coherent strategy to deal with the national security risks coming from china. it emerged on the week and that upon entry researcher was one of two people arrested this year accused of spying for china. here is our security correspondent gordon carrera. this response comes just days after it was alleged that a parliamentary researcher might have been spying for china. now that researcher has denied that they were involved in that, but it has raised the heat on this subject. but what you've got from the government in its report, in its response to that report, was effectively saying, "look, we are doing things. we've been engaged in updating our legislation. we are taking into account these things." it is interesting there are specific references they are to attempts by china to actively recruit current and former uk government officials and that there is work going on to try and prevent that happening. whether it's overtly, to give them jobs perhaps after they leave government, or covertly, to try and engage them as spies. but clearly the government also acknowledges more work needs to be done. a little bit of a row with the committee chair, though, because the government is basically saying, "we're doing lots of things. don't worry, this report may be critical, but got this in hand." and implying that the report might be somewhat out of date because it took evidence a few years ago, but the chair of the intelligence and security committee which wrote that original report, responded today in a statement saying that the report was kept up to date just before it was released with government policy and how it had evolved. and it said it wasn't hard to keep it up—to—date because policy was evolving at what he calls "a glacial pace". so you do get a sense there of this tussle really between government and its critics, including the intelligence and security committee, including the back benches, about whether it is doing enough on china and doing it fast enough. it's described by organisers as the uk's answer to the met gala — it's anna wintour�*s �*vogue world'. and the stars are arriving for it in london's west end. the gala is billed as a celebration of britain's rich cultural scene, with proceeds going to a wide range of performing arts organisations. wintour, vogue's editor in chief, says it will serve as a reminder of how important the arts are and how much they need to be supported. some of the biggest names in fashion and entertainment will be there, including victoria beckham, kate winslet, stormzy and sir ian mckellen. the event also kicks off london fashion week. now here's the weather with chris fawkes. hello there. we've had quite a mixture of weather across the uk today. across the south, dry, sunny, quite warm. northern areas of the uk had a day of sunshine and these passing showers, but between — across wales, the midlands, into lincolnshire — we had a weather front bringing some fairly persistent outbreaks of rain. now this front is tied to another area of low pressure out in the atlantic that is set to deepen and swing toward iberia, where it's quite likely to lead to some severe thunderstorms over the next few days. for friday, it also flicks warm air across england and wales, but then will bring some heavy rain for some of us into the weekend. so that low to the south is quite important. 0vernight tonight, outbreaks of rain turning heavier for a time across wales, the midlands, northern england, pushing northwards to reach southern scotland and parts of northern ireland. for most, it's a mild night, but quite cool air across the far north of the country. now, we pick up on our weatherfronts on friday across northern england, northern ireland, southern scotland. through the day, the rain on it will tend to weaken somewhat. we've got sunshine developing to the south across england and wales, but underneath that band of cloud and rain in the north, those temperatures are going to struggle somewhat. highs of 13—15 degrees. in contrast to that, england and wales turning a lot warmer, 21—25 degrees, feeling a little on the humid side. now, saturday, the same weather front is still with us, draped across parts of northern england, wales, perhaps eastern counties of northern ireland. could be a few patches of light rain here and maybe a few heavy showers in the south through sunday. 0therwise, we'll get some spells of sunshine, still warm and humid in the south, with that fresher air still affecting scotland, northern ireland and increasingly the far north of england as well. for sunday, that area of low pressure near iberia starts to bring much heavier rain across parts of the uk. now, we're most likely to see the heavy rain across england and wales. thundery, too, probably heavy enough to cause some localised surface water flooding. and through the day, that will drive northwards, so it's quite likely to reach northern ireland. and there is a small chance of it moving right the way northwards into parts of scotland as well. but the general rule of thumb is the further north you are, the more likely you are to keep the dry weather with a bit of sunshine. into next week, well, it looks very unsettled. a sequence of low pressures coming our way. it's going to be wet and also really quite windy as well. it's going to feel a bit more like autumn. hello, i'm christian fraser. you're watching the context on bbc news. the plan, the plan is delivering, and i'm determined to stop the boats. the government has lost control of our borders, and we can see that with the number of crossings there are across the channel in small boats. we have to stop that — and i think the only way to stop that is to smash the gangs that are running this vile trade. we're seeing here the labour party trying to get on a front foot - of an issue that rishi sunak has made one of his top five - priorities, to stop the boats. sir keir starmer moving his tanks into the tories' back yard. but does he have a plan to stop the boats crossing the channel? traditionally, migration not labour's strongest suit in years gone by, so does sir keir�*s plan stack up? we will discuss that tonight with a former senior police officer, who served with europol in the hague. also tonight — the dead are yet be found in eastern libya, but the focus is switching to the thousands of people now without homes and at risk of disease. we will hear from the aid agencies on the ground. and spare a thought for greece, battered by wildfires,