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Here are the headlines that you need to know. We're starting with news breaking late this afternoon. According to court filings, five Memphis Tennessee police officers involved in the beating of Tyree Nichols have been indicted by a grand jury. A federal grand jury, the officers face a number of federal charges including deprivation of rights but they also face charges on the state level. Nichols was punched and kicked repeatedly by the officers after a traffic stop and foot chase. He later died in the hospital from his injuries in Libya. At least 5200 people have died after deadly flooding in the country's northeast. That's according to interior officials, a flooding happened after a Medicaine storm system caused the collapse of two dams. The head of the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies said in a press conference earlier today that 10,000 people were reported missing. The Federation also confirmed three volunteers have died while helping victims. According to local authorities, homes were destroyed, vehicles were swept away. Phone lines and electricity are down in the flooded areas. Complicating rescue efforts even more and rescue efforts continue in Morocco four days after the region's biggest earthquake in over a century now. According to state run media, the interior ministry says the death toll has risen to 2900 people. An additional 2500 people have been injured. Those figures are likely to rise now, rural villages at the foot of the Atlas mountains were hard hit and UNICEF estimates 100,000 Children have been impacted now while several countries including Spain and the UK have provided aid, others including France, Italy, Germany and the United States say their offers of aid have yet to be approved. The United Nations and other nonprofit rescue groups also say they have resources available as well as of this morning. Hurricane Lee is still a category three storm with winds of up to 115 MPH. Now, according to the National Hurricane Center's latest update, Lee is expected to increase in size but gets significantly weaker in the coming days. A tropical storm watch has been issued for Bermuda. The storm will likely turn north, reaching the east coast of the US and Canada by the end of the week. However, the National Hurricane Center warns that as the storm grows, even areas far outside the center could feel impacts from life threatening waves and rip currents to wind and rainfall hazards heading back overseas. North Korean leader Kim Jong Un's train has arrived in Russia ahead of an expected meeting with President Vladimir Putin. The leader's two countries have confirmed the planned meeting but not a specific date time or location. In a video released by a Russian regional Governor Kim is seen leaving the train, he's accompanied by top North Korean officials including the country's chief diplomat. The US National Security Council says the two leaders are eyeing a potential arms deal with North Korea to receive food and supplies in exchange for weapons Russia could use in its ongoing war with Ukraine as a member of the United Nations, Russia would violate the Un Security Council sanctions against North Korea if an arms deal goes through, police say escaped convicted murderer, Danelo Kaan is still on the run and now he is armed and extremely dangerous. Pennsylvania State. Police said they received a call from a resident in South Coventry Township yesterday claiming a quote short Hispanic male, no shirt and wearing dark pants had entered his garage. The resident said the man who police say resembles Kabul Cone took a 22 rifle from the garage. Pennsylvania State Police gave an update on the search earlier this morning. Here's what they had to say. The homeowner drew a pistol and fired at Caval as he fled with the rifle. PSP responded and secured that scene at that time, a green sweatshirt and white T shirt believed to belong to Caval Cone were discovered near the edge of the driveway. The perimeter was expanded to include that area overnight, searches of the area within the perimeter were conducted by tactical teams from multiple agencies has been on the run since escaping from Chester County prison near Philadelphia on August 31st. Now over the weekend, authorities said he stole a van and traveled to the homes of two former works today. An appeals court in Chicago will start hearing oral arguments in the Jesse Sle case. You may remember back in 2019, the actor most known from the show Empire reported to police that he was the victim of a racist and homophobic attack. Well, after investigating authorities say he actually fabricated the attack and he was convicted on five felony counts of disorderly conduct. Smollett was sentenced to 150 days in jail but only served six before he was released when his team filed an appeal to toss out the conviction. A ruling on this is expected to take place in several weeks.