a fourth conservative has denied any wrongdoing over bets allegedly placed on the date of the uk general election. and in football, scotland fought to the very end but have crashed out of euro 202a. welcome to bbc news — broadcasting to viewers in the uk and around the world. we begin in the russian republic of dagestan, where police say they've killed four gunmen, who launched a series of attacks in the cities of derbent and makhachkala. six police officers are reported to have died in the violence. a synagogue, two churches and a police checkpoint were targeted and 12 other

officers were wounded. state media is also reporting that a russian orthodox priest was killed in the attacks. the assailants have not been identified, but dagestan has in the past been the scene of islamist attacks. i'm joined now by robert english, director of central european studies at the university of southern california, who specialises in the politics of russia. i want to get your thoughts in the fact that the russian investigative committee said it launched an investigation into acts of terror. what does that tell us? mat investigation into acts of terror. what does that tell us?- investigation into acts of terror. what does that tell us? not a great deal what does that tell us? not a great deal. it what does that tell us? not a great deal- it tells _ what does that tell us? not a great deal. it tells us _ what does that tell us? not a great deal. it tells us we _ what does that tell us? not a great deal. it tells us we have _ what does that tell us? not a great deal. it tells us we have not - what does that tell us? not a great deal. it tells us we have not caught| deal. it tells us we have not caught the suspects yet. they have an idea that they are local militants, this was not a highly organised, co—ordinated attack such as in moscow back in march carried out by the islamic state. but something of a more local and so my spontaneous

nature. heavily armed with automatic weapons but they struck at a church, at a synagogue, they struck at a police checkpoint in a kind of hit and run fashion. again, locally organised militants. find and run fashion. again, locally organised militants.— and run fashion. again, locally organised militants. and what do you make of the — organised militants. and what do you make of the fact _ organised militants. and what do you make of the fact that _ organised militants. and what do you make of the fact that those _ organised militants. and what do you make of the fact that those were - organised militants. and what do you make of the fact that those were the | make of the fact that those were the targets, churches, synagogues and a police station? that targets, churches, synagogues and a police station?— police station? that is the key auestion police station? that is the key question and _ police station? that is the key question and people - police station? that is the key question and people need - police station? that is the key question and people need to l question and people need to understand that this region, not just dagestan, but the north caucasus, including chechnya and unpronounceable republics and so on, it is a heavily muslim region, increasingly radicalised politically and religiously. high unemployment, relative economic strain, mass discontent. add to that the strain of thousands of casualties of local boysin of thousands of casualties of local boys in ukrainian war and then anger on behalf of the palestinians and all of the carnage in gaza and it is

an explosive situation. this is not the first of these kinds of attacks, bombings, acts of arson, beatings, but it seems to be getting worse and it has this religious motivation, unfortunately.— it has this religious motivation, unfortunatel . ., ., , unfortunately. how do you see the russian authorities _ unfortunately. how do you see the russian authorities responding? . unfortunately. how do you see the i russian authorities responding? they will crack down, _ russian authorities responding? tue: will crack down, as russian authorities responding? tte: will crack down, as they russian authorities responding? tt21: will crack down, as they have in the past, and i am afraid the crackdown will only make things worse in the long run. they will be heavy—handed, they will sweep up a lot of innocents in whatever dragnet of investigation, and they will use brutal torture like interrogation techniques, this has been the pattern, so at the end of it there will be an uneasy silence with more anger and probably a bigger explosion next time. it is a very bad formula that is leading to increased tension, thanks to the ukraine moor and the gaza war adding fuel to the fire.— fuel to the fire. robert, we will leave it there. _

fuel to the fire. robert, we will leave it there. thank _ fuel to the fire. robert, we will leave it there. thank you - fuel to the fire. robert, we will leave it there. thank you for i fuel to the fire. robert, we will l leave it there. thank you for your expertise. manchester airport apologised and said flights have resumed after a power cut caused major disruption. there have been huge queues to get in and some passengers on arriving planes were held on runways for several hours. some flights have been diverted. it's bad news for one of britain's major airports ahead of the summer season. simon browning reports. alarm blares. it started in the dark. a power cut taking manchester airport into shutdown. you had to trample over people to get out of the lift. there were just hordes of people just not moving anywhere. there was no tannoy announcement, there was no communication, there was no staff to even see nearby anywhere. a big power spike in the airport electrical systems led to huge failure affecting security, baggage and check—in. restoring power was complex. queues quickly built up inside and outside the airport.

queues that should be on the runway tarmac, now in the car park outside. it's disgusting. been cancelled. everything is cancelled. we had the package holiday, the whole hotel, everything has been cancelled. people in there with, like, children, young children. they've got nowhere to go. it's really bad. it's so bad. some early flights departed but many without bags. as cancellations spread, the airport asked people not to travel here. by 1pm, the impact was so great the decision came to cancel all flights from terminals one and two. i'd like to startjust by apologising to all the passengers whose journeys have been impacted today. this morning at 1:30, we had a cable in the ground that faulted. at this stage we don't know what caused the cable to fail. we are going to be looking into the root cause of that next week. our focus today has been on recovering the systems and getting the operation back up and running. after so much disruption,

the big question now is how will the flight schedule recovery here at manchester airport forflights tomorrow? the boss insists they'll be in good shape with no further problems for passengers. they advise to travel to the airport as normal, but check before setting off. the peak summer travel period has barely begun but today's incident raises big questions on the resilience of the sector and how the season takes off. simon browning, bbc news, at manchester airport. the government in saudi arabia has given the first official death toll for this year's hajj pilgrimage to mecca — which took place during an extreme heatwave. the health ministry said at least 1,301 had died during this year's pilgrimage. 83% of those who died were unregistered, meaning they did not have official permits to be there, and some of those who died were elderly or chronically ill. health facilities treated nearly half a million pilgrims who had walked long distances in searing heat with no shelter. the health ministry said some are still in hospital

receiving treatment. saudi arabia has been criticised for not doing more to make the hajj safer, especially for unregistered pilgrims who have no access to facilities such as air conditioned tents and official hajj transport. temperatures in mecca climbed as high as 51.8 degrees celsius. i'm joined now by zirrar ali, who recently returned to london from his pilgrimage with his 70—year—old father. tell us about the conditions that you are faced with on the ground yourself and other pilgrims. goad you are faced with on the ground yourself and other pilgrims. good to be with you- — yourself and other pilgrims. good to be with you- it _ yourself and other pilgrims. good to be with you. it is _ yourself and other pilgrims. good to be with you. it is hard _ yourself and other pilgrims. good to be with you. it is hard to _ yourself and other pilgrims. good to be with you. it is hard to describe i be with you. it is hard to describe what 51 degrees feels like, a lot of people are not prepared for what that would look like day—to—day and being in the tents is easier but most of the rituals for the hajj outside and we thought there would be water provided and cooling systems and that was not the case.

most pilgrims resort to umbrellas and in part of the hajj you cannot cover your head, so you cannot wear hats. a lot of the dependency is on the organisers to give you shelter, which just was not the case. it made the five day ritual extremely difficult. ., ., , ., difficult. the authorities have faced criticism there. - difficult. the authorities have faced criticism there. did - difficult. the authorities have faced criticism there. did youj difficult. the authorities have - faced criticism there. did you see the authorities and medical teams helping those who are suffering with the situation?— the situation? unfortunately not, ersonall the situation? unfortunately not, personally i _ the situation? unfortunately not, personally i did — the situation? unfortunately not, personally i did see _ the situation? unfortunately not, personally i did see medics - the situation? unfortunately not, personally i did see medics on i the situation? unfortunately not, l personally i did see medics on site and most of the places i went to but what was most shocking was it were not engaged or stepping in when people were not feeling well or had passed out to the root were i saw people unconscious or looked like they were unconscious or maybe seriously ill and the ambulances and the medics were not stepping in. i'm not sure whether that was because of

how many people impacted by the heat i saw them on site but i did not see them stepping in. that is my experience and it shocked me. what experience and it shocked me. what did ou experience and it shocked me. what did you make _ experience and it shocked me. what did you make of— experience and it shocked me. what did you make of this _ experience and it shocked me. what did you make of this number? 83% of those who died were unregistered, they did not have official permits to be there? t they did not have official permits to be there?— to be there? i think it distracts from the issue _ to be there? i think it distracts from the issue because - to be there? i think it distracts from the issue because it - to be there? i think it distracts| from the issue because it keeps to be there? i think it distracts - from the issue because it keeps your numbers going up and when you look at those registered, i was registered, i also suffered from the same issues because of the we had air—conditioned tents, we had transportation but it was not always working, and people were resorting to walking and it is common amongst everybody, notjust the unregistered and if you look at the history of the hajj, unregistered pilgrims is new, unregistered, in the pasture did not have register to say those being impacted are unregistered takes away from the issue, it is that all of the pilgrims should have been catered for and once you're on

the performing rituals, it is difficult to differentiate between who is what so we were all in the same boat. who is what so we were all in the same boat-— who is what so we were all in the same boat. ., ~ , ., , . ., same boat. thank you very much for shafinu same boat. thank you very much for sharing your — same boat. thank you very much for sharing your insight _ same boat. thank you very much for sharing your insight with _ same boat. thank you very much for sharing your insight with us - same boat. thank you very much for sharing your insight with us today. l the israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu has said the phase of intense fighting against hamas is coming to an end. but he added the war would not finish until the islamist group no longer controls the gaza strip. in the latest fighting, eight palestinians have been killed in an israeli airstrike on a training college near gaza city which was being used to distribute aid. witnesses say the strike hit part of a college run by the un palestinian refugee agency unrwa, which is providing aid to displaced families. let's speak to benjamin radd — political scientist at the ucla burkle center for international relations and expert on government and politics in the middle

east. thank you forjoining me. what do you make of this line from the prime minister where he says the intense stage of the fighting is coming to an end? tt stage of the fighting is coming to an end? ., ~ , stage of the fighting is coming to an end? w , , , stage of the fighting is coming to an end? ., ~' , , , ., an end? it makes sense, given that the focus of — an end? it makes sense, given that the focus of israel's _ an end? it makes sense, given that the focus of israel's defence - an end? it makes sense, given that the focus of israel's defence and i the focus of israel's defence and offensive capabilities have shifted to the north and we have seen in the last week increasing activity from his brother, rockets fired, cross—border attacks and reprisals by israel and this is something israel cannot maintain defensively so long as it is fighting a massive two front operation. given that the resources are needed in the north, it makes sense for netanyahu to wind down this stage, even if you would prefer to keep the offence of going in gaza, we cannot sustain this on two fronts. he in gaza, we cannot sustain this on two fronts-— two fronts. he also said the war would not _ two fronts. he also said the war would not be — two fronts. he also said the war would not be finished _ two fronts. he also said the war would not be finished until- two fronts. he also said the war l would not be finished until hamas two fronts. he also said the war i would not be finished until hamas no longer has control over the gaza strip. is it something that is

achievable? and who would control the strip if hamas was no longer there? . , the strip if hamas was no longer there? ., , ., ., ., , ., there? that is the ma'or outstanding auestion there? that is the ma'or outstanding question because i there? that is the ma'or outstanding question because he i there? that is the major outstanding question because he has _ there? that is the major outstanding question because he has not - question because he has not signalled to him he would entrust leadership of gaza after this conflict ends and in fact, he was unwilling to accept elements of the current palestinian from the west bank to participate in the international community including president biden have stressed for the inclusion ofjustinian officials as part of the new regime in gaza so long as this condition of not having a mass plus not outlining what the next iteration will look like, it makes it difficult to see where the endgame is. however, not to take away from the fact that the release of all hostages at the first stage is a condition that hamas is unwilling to accept as well so we can see both sides taking these hard—line positions and not willing to budge for the moment. there hard-line positions and not willing to budge for the moment. there is a rift between — to budge for the moment. there is a rift between the _ to budge for the moment. there is a rift between the biden _ rift between the biden administration and the netanyahu

administration and the netanyahu administration and the israeli defence minister is on his way to washington so what can we expect from the trip? tt is washington so what can we expect from the trip?— from the trip? it is a prime pr opportunity — from the trip? it is a prime pr opportunity and _ from the trip? it is a prime pr opportunity and he _ from the trip? it is a prime pr opportunity and he posted i from the trip? it is a prime pr opportunity and he posted an | from the trip? it is a prime pr i opportunity and he posted an image showing him boarding an official us plane which is something you can only post with permission from the white house, effectively demonstrating to the domestic audience in israel and the international community that the current government still enjoys the backing and support of president biden. but to mention in the coming weeks we will see the visit by letting out two to the us where he will address both houses of congress and get a case to make his case for the ongoing operations. as we head into election season in the us and as it intensifies there, the issue of us support for israel at the current pace something that becomes heavily contested but also very much used as part of an electioneering propaganda, advertisement, claims and so forth between both parties. we might see more of that in the

run—up to november. thank you so much forjoining us. around the world and across the uk. this is bbc news.

the uk's general election is going into its final week of campaigning — with the prime minister rishi sunak under pressure. his decision to call a july election was a surprise — and the gambling commission is investigating bets placed on the timing. it's emerged a fourth senior conservative is being reviewed by the commission — and the bbc understands there are more people than those publicly named so far. here's helen catt. that is fantastic. what's been some of your highlights? rishi sunak�*s party has already tweaked its sales pitch at this election from being all about another term of conservative government to more warnings about labour winning big. but the focus is now being repeatedly pulled away from that message by fresh details

about bets allegedly placed by tories on the election date. the home secretary this morning was the latest ministry to face questions about it. to your knowledge, home secretary, did any ministers put a bet on the time of the election? not to my knowledge at all. i've been absolutely clear that from what i've read, - i am not in any way going to defend the actions of these individuals. i but i'm also conscious that i don't have the full details, _ the only organisation that does i is the gambling commission and it is right that they take i action, the appropriate action, and they have been clear |that we should not discuss this. | the conservative party's chief data officer nick mason was earlier identified as the fourth conservative being investigated. he has denied wrongdoing and has taken a leave of absence. the bbc understands there are more people with links to the tories and the government being looked into. labour is making sure the questions keep coming, it's now written to the gambling commission,

which hasn't named anyone it is investigating, calling on it to identify them all, it says in the public interest. the issue here is that whether those people who had inside knowledge of what was going on used that information in placing a bet. people across the country will place bets but i think there is genuine disgust. also in the sunday times today, the levelling up secretary explained why he thinks the investigation is damaging. he said it looks like one rule for them and one rule for us, so if these allegations are true, it's very difficult to defend. a view echoed by the liberal democrats, who say rishi sunak needs to act. liberal democrats have already called on the prime minister to intervene personally to make sure that every single person who is being investigated is suspended immediately and that he launches a cabinet inquiry investigation. so, too, does this conservative, the formerjustice secretary. i am deeply, deeply hurt and rather angry that this has happened - in the middle of a campaign, i

it's tough enough without things like this to complicate it further. do you think the prime minister ought to suspend the people involved ? yes, i do. there's been a lot of criticism of rishi sunak�*s decision to call this election in the rain, but as it approaches the closing stages, it's the drip—drip of allegations that's doing more damage to the tories' campaign. helen catt, bbc news. let's take a look at some other stories in the headlines. eight people in central china have been killed after heavy rain caused part of a mountainside to give way, burying their homes. chinese state media said the landslide covering part of a village in hunan province. more heavy rain is expected this week. china has been dealing with extreme weather for the last few months. there's been an angry reaction in india to the health ministry cancelling a crucial entrance test withjust 12 hours' notice. the decision to delay postgraduate medical course exams was made after allegations of irregularities and cheating in other

nationwide tests. more than 200,000 doctors had registered to take part. the government has faced growing criticism over what is seen as a lack of oversight in the integrity of handling tests. a shopping centre in south australia has been locked down and evacuated after fighting broke out between two groups of teenage boys. some of them are reported to have been armed with extendable batons. the police say the only injuries — in both cases minor — occurred when customers were being led from the centre in the city of adelaide. russia has said it holds the united states responsible after a missile fired by ukraine killed at least five people in occupied crimea. according to moscow, more than 100 others were injured when missile fragments hit a crowded beach near sevastopol. the governor of crimea — which was annexed by russia in 2014

— said four us—supplied missiles had been intercepted by air defences but a fifth had detonated in the air. tv footage showed people running from a beach. i'm nowjoined by retired colonel brendan kearney, whose last assignment was chief of staff for us marine corps forces in europe and africa. thank you forjoining me to talk about this topic. what do you think the us response to these acquisitions will be? t the us response to these acquisitions will be?- the us response to these acquisitions will be? the us response to these ac uisitions will be? ., ., ~' acquisitions will be? i do not think the united states _ acquisitions will be? i do not think the united states may _ acquisitions will be? i do not think the united states may even i acquisitions will be? i do not think the united states may even give l acquisitions will be? i do not think the united states may even give a j the united states may even give a response. it is rather ludicrous on the part of the russians to go ahead and criticise the ukrainian use of american supplied munitions, that is true, when the russians are using chinese and north korean and other munitions coming in from other countries around the world that they are buying on the open market. and ukrainians, those munitions are killing ukrainians. so it is a

poorly thought out situation or response on the part of the russians. but it is exactly consistent with the way they have been operating. you consistent with the way they have been operating.— consistent with the way they have been operating. you do not see that the could been operating. you do not see that they could use _ been operating. you do not see that they could use as _ been operating. you do not see that they could use as perhaps _ been operating. you do not see that they could use as perhaps as - been operating. you do not see that. they could use as perhaps as grounds for escalation? t they could use as perhaps as grounds for escalation?— for escalation? i really do not, i think it would _ for escalation? i really do not, i think it would be _ for escalation? i really do not, i think it would be rather - for escalation? i really do not, i think it would be rather silly. i for escalation? i really do not, i. think it would be rather silly. the united states and other countries of europe and from around the world have been providing ukrainians with munitions since the war started. and the russians have been critical of that. but this is no different from their past criticism. fist that. but this is no different from their past criticism.— their past criticism. at every turn attention to _ their past criticism. at every turn attention to ukraine, _ their past criticism. at every turn attention to ukraine, they - their past criticism. at every turn attention to ukraine, they say i their past criticism. at every turn i attention to ukraine, they say they want to strike where there see airborne attacks from russia, where they are coming from. should we expect to see more of these missile launches a shallow i do, it was quoted today that ukrainians say they have had 21100 missile attacks during the month ofjune so far, 700

of them aimed at kharkiv, where we had yesterday's tragedy of the apartment block being hit. i think ukrainians are going to increase the amount of response... timer;r ukrainians are going to increase the amount of response. . ._ ukrainians are going to increase the amount of response... they were held back for a while _ amount of response... they were held back for a while by _ amount of response... they were held back for a while by the _ amount of response... they were held back for a while by the us _ back for a while by the us withholding permission and that permission has since been granted and i see the ukrainians going and responding with increasing targeting in russia. tt responding with increasing targeting in russia. ~ ., ., ., ., in russia. if ukraine are going to continue to _ in russia. if ukraine are going to continue to increase _ in russia. if ukraine are going to continue to increase their- in russia. if ukraine are going to continue to increase their fire i in russia. if ukraine are going to| continue to increase their fire into russia, surely that will draw a response from russia as well? t response from russia as well? i think it will be more rhetoric, indignation, contemplation, the russians titled these type of things as terrorist efforts on the part of the ukrainians, supported by the united states, but again, this is exactly what russia is doing to ukraine. and sadly, we can all

agree, it is the civilians, innocent civilians, both russian and ukrainian, but are dying as a result of this indiscriminate targeting that the russians have been inflicting upon ukrainians for over two years. ukrainians have been much more restrained and much more deliberate in their targeting but there will occasionally be civilian casualties, but as the very nature of war. �* , ., , , casualties, but as the very nature of war. �* i. , , _, of war. and you see this continuing? sadl , i of war. and you see this continuing? sadly. i do. — of war. and you see this continuing? sadly. i do. it _ of war. and you see this continuing? sadly, i do. it will— of war. and you see this continuing? sadly, i do. it will continue - of war. and you see this continuing? sadly, i do. it will continue until- sadly, i do. it will continue until either the ukrainians achieved military victory or russians decide that they are going to go ahead and call it quits. and both of those are not within either side's reach right now. . ~' not within either side's reach right now. ., ~ 1 ., y not within either side's reach right now. ., ~ i. , . not within either side's reach right now. . ~' ,, y . ., not within either side's reach right now. . y . ., now. thank you very much for your time today- _ now. thank you very much for your time today. colonel _ now. thank you very much for your time today. colonel brendan i now. thank you very much for your i time today. colonel brendan kearney. now the latest from the euro 2024 championships in germany with scotland's injury time

heartbreak against hungary, meaning scotland is out of the tournament while hungary will have to wait for the other results to see if they are through. in the other match in group a, germany also left it late, equalising in added time to maintain their top spot in group a. so, agony all round for scotland, that had high hopes to reach the knockout stage for the first time ever. the bbc�*s jane dougall was at the match in stuttgart. devastation for scotland and the fans. there were such high hopes ahead of this tournament. the excitement that the tartan army brought in the joy that was just embraced by the germans. but the squad just could not deliver whenever it mattered. scotland finished bottom of the group. we should tell you that the player he went off, barnabas margo, is stable, which is good news. on the other

match, switzerland drew 1—1 with germany, who equalised in the history minutes, which reminds us we should never write off the germans and they have finished top of the group. for scotland, this was their best chance to get to the knockout stages of a major tournament and once again, heartbreak as they have not done that. we are out of time. we will be back shortly with business today. enter the first spell of summer heat at the moment. but how long will it last? well, certainly the heat will be widespread to start the week — quite humid by day and by night, too. 0k, not completely dry, but as we go through the second half of the week, we'll notice all of us gradually turning fresher, temperatures closer to where we would normally expect this stage injune and a bit more of a mix in conditions

out there as well. back to the here and now. well, for monday morning it's already quite humid across some southern and eastern areas, a little bit fresher — the north and west will see the best of the morning sunshine. more cloud into north and west scotland through the day. some low cloud around the coasts. and this here's the remnants of that old weather front. it caused a lot of cloud in the afternoon yesterday for parts of wales and the south—west especially. it's more across the midlands and drifting into parts of south and east yorkshire later. not going to have a massive impact on temperatures, widely in the mid 20s for many — scotland 26, northern ireland at 211—25 celsius, experiencing their hottest day of the week. now, as we go into monday night, we'll see thicker cloud bring a bit more in the way of patchy light rain and drizzle to scotland and the west of northern ireland. some low cloud drifting northwards into northern england, but notice where that cloud is in place. temperatures not dropping much lower than around 15—17 celsius. now, as we go into tuesday, we've got that weather front which brings rain at the end of the day in western scotland, pushes a bit further southwards,

combines with the old weather front which is sitting here across northern england to produce a bit more cloud for scotland, northern ireland, northern england on tuesday — the chance of a few showers breaking out later in the day. scotland, northern ireland, still warm where early sunshine gets through, but nowhere near as warm as monday. the heat continues to build further south and east, up to around 28 celsius in the london area by this stage. now, as you go through tuesday night into wednesday, that first weather front starts to push away, but still remnants of it across the northern half of the country, producing one or two showers, more especially across scotland. but away from that, some sunny spells across england and wales and the heat could build even further — could get to 28, 29 celsius by the time we hit the middle part of the week. some showers and heavy downpours in northern ireland later, and that's ahead of this area of low pressure between us and iceland, which will drive a cold front eastwards, sweeping away the humid air gradually as we go through thursday and into friday and introducing fresher conditions. but temperatures back closer to normal as we head towards the weekend and a few more showers around as well. take care.

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