This is the Global News Podcast from the BBC World Service.

I'm Rachel Wright, and in the early hours of Friday the 1st of November, these are our main stories.

The Spanish government says dozens of people are missing following flash floods which have killed more than 160 people.

The United States says there are now 8,000 North Korean troops in the Russian region of Kursk,

where they've been deployed to help the war against Ukraine. One of Donald Trump's most

prominent backers, Elon Musk, has not shown up for a court hearing into his cash giveaways

for American voters in swing states.

Also in this podcast, I have created a series of five portraits which explore the legacy of AI

with portraits of Ada Lovelace, Alan Turing and myself.

That's Ada, a humanoid robot who painted a portrait of the computer scientist Alan

Turing, which has gone up for auction.

We begin in Spain, where the government says dozens of people remain unaccounted for

following flash floods this week, which have

killed around 160 people. A government minister, Angel Viktor Torres, said it was not possible to

assess the full impact of the flooding, which has mainly affected the eastern region of Valencia.

Some inundated areas remain inaccessible as rescuers try to clear vehicles

and debris from mud-caked roads and restore communication links. A major rescue operation is

continuing. In the suburb of Palporta, six kilometres southwest of Valencia, a local resident

Mark Rinko told us that bodies are still being found.

I just got a message that a couple of streets from us, they found eight bodies in the parking

clot that is underground, probably people trying to save their cars and get out of the parking cloth as soon as possible, but fortunately

they didn't make it.

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