a top term in office in venezuela. a top eu diplomat urges full transparency. kemi badenoch has become the sixth mp tojoin the kemi badenoch has become the sixth mp to join the race for leader of the conservative party. hello. the chancellor, rachel reeves, is set to announce immediate cuts worth billions of pounds, aimed at plugging a £20 billion black hole in the finances, when she addresses mps today. ms reeves is said to be "genuinely shocked" by some of the findings, which she blames the previous tory government for, but she will not suggest at this stage that tax rises will be required. let's speak to thomas pope, deputy chief economist at the institute for government. thanks for being with us. explain this financial _ thanks for being with us. explain this financial shortfall? _ thanks for being with us. explain this financial shortfall? it - thanks for being with us. explain this financial shortfall? it sounds i this financial shortfall? it sounds like what rachel reeves is going to outline is spending so far this year is running ahead of what the government had budgeted. the budget for this year, they were set at the

spending review in 2021. they have relatively tight plans, we knew that. but she has uncovered higher than expected public sector pay rises that will be recommended by pay review bodies and it will be difficult to achieve that. what she will not be talking about our ongoing pressures that are expected to emerge over the next few years which is something we talked about in the election and he suggested that the spending plans she outlined already looked undeliverable then. with this so much transparency over public accounts, is this genuinely going to be seen as a surprise, a £20 billion black hole, did they not know about it?— £20 billion black hole, did they not know about it? there is a difference between tax — know about it? there is a difference between tax and _ know about it? there is a difference between tax and welfare _ know about it? there is a difference between tax and welfare spending l between tax and welfare spending where the 0br does a real analysis of how much we expect axa's to coming each how we expect welfare to be spent. 0n spending departments to

take a different approach and the government gives them the total amount they will spend. it is true we don't have as much analysis of the public finances on the spending side as we do and the tax side, so we will learn some new things today and i'm sure there were some things coming into government that were surprising for rachel reeves. but if we take a step back, while there will be some surprises she will announce today, ultimately the unaffordability of spending plans over the next few years, if not this yearin over the next few years, if not this year in particular, was pretty apparent from the outside, even before the election. we were making that point. i don't think it is credible for rachel reeves to say it is surprising that anything is affordable. albeit it is credible things might have looked worse than she imagined before the election. jeremy hunt said this is an attempt to butter up the electorate and prepare them for tax rises, dc the happening, is that what we can

expect? we happening, is that what we can exect? ~ expect? we were highlighting existin: expect? we were highlighting existing spending _ expect? we were highlighting existing spending plans - expect? we were highlighting existing spending plans did i expect? we were highlighting i existing spending plans did look extremely tight and if you wanted to deliver better performing public services that will spending would be necessary and likely that would require tax rises. will the likely some point over the next year or two more tax rises than rachel reeves promised? it is likely. i think if the conservatives had won the election they were basing their spending plans on the same assumption and were going even further on tax cuts. it is even more likely they would have had to increase taxes more than required. what is notable today is rachel reeves is apparently going to suggest that initially she is going to afford some of these, make some of the saving to reducing spending on infrastructure. that is a bit concerning, because the uk already stands out as a low investor internationally and there is a real risk that cuts to capital spending can provide a bit of a false

economy, they can provide pain—free savings in the short term but if spent well, more public investment will improve economic performance, improve productivity of public services. if anything, we need more capital spending in order to be able to afford the public finance settlement going forward rather than less. ., ~ settlement going forward rather than less. . ~ , ., ., settlement going forward rather than less. . ~ ., ., , less. thank you for your thoughts, we will see — less. thank you for your thoughts, we will see when _ less. thank you for your thoughts, we will see when she _ less. thank you for your thoughts, we will see when she makes - less. thank you for your thoughts, we will see when she makes the l we will see when she makes the speech later today. kemi badenoch has announced that she is standing to be the next leader of the conservative party. the former business secretary is the sixth mp to enter the leadership race. nominations close this afternoon, though the winner won't be known until november. 0ur political correspondent helen catt has more. i will step down as party leader, not immediately, but once the formal arrangements for selecting my successor are in place. it's just three and a bit weeks since rishi sunak said he would step down as the leader of the conservatives after his party turned in its worst performance at a general election in modern history.

by this afternoon, the full list of those hoping to replace him will be confirmed. it's expected it will be the six contenders, who have now declared. from the centre of the party the former security minister, tom tugendhat, the former home secretary james cleverly, and the former work and pensions secretary mel stride. pitching from the right of the party, priti patel, another former home secretary, the former immigration minister robertjenrick and, as of last night, kemi badenoch, the former business secretary. she's written an article for the times, in which she says that calls for unity aren't enough. the tories need to know what they want to be. she says they need to reconfirm their belief in the nation state and the sovereign duty it has, above all else, to serve its own citizens. 0n public services, she says government should do some things well, not everything badly. definitely not running, suella braverman, a potential rival on the right. the former home secretary claimed last night that she had the backing

of ten mps, which is needed to run but she said there was no point because most of the parliamentary party didn't agree with her diagnosis and prescription and didn't want to hear it. instead, she said, "platitudes about unity were fashionable". nominations officially closed at 2:30 this afternoon, and all candidates will have august to campaign. throughout september, mps will whittle them down — first to four candidates, then finally two. in october, conservative party members will vote online to choose the winner, and on november the 2nd, the new leader will be announced. untilthen, rishi sunak will continue as acting leader. whoever succeeds him is in for a difficult task. helen catt, bbc news, westminster.

greater manchester police is continuing its appeal for information after footage emerged showing the moments before a police officer kicked and stamped on a man at manchester airport last week. the video shows police officers being attacked and punched to the ground. phil mccann reports. this video, released over the weekend, gives more of a picture of what happened just before a police officer at manchester airport kicked a man who was lying on the floor and then stamped on his head. that man was fahir amaaz from rochdale. he can be seen in blue here, exchanging punches with police officers — all of whom end up on the floor before one tasers him, at which point he's kicked, and then the original footage shows he's stamped on. greater manchester's mayor says the new video gives a fuller picture. it is, as i was saying last week, much more complicated than was first made out. you know, we live in a world where something appears, a fragment, and everybody rushes to judgment and then another fragment, and then everybody makes a judgment on that. it's very difficult. but now, we should now accept that there are two parallel investigations. they've got to be allowed to complete their work, and then a line eventually will be able to be drawn.

but, as i say, there are serious issues here to be investigated on both sides. mohammed shafiq is from the pcs union. he's been speaking to the family and has met with mr burnham and senior police officers and community leaders. there's a responsibility for police officers to behave in a, you know, an important, structured way. and i think the professional standards that you have of police officers — that didn't apply in that particular video. and that's why the iopc is investigating criminal — potential criminal offences — and that's absolutely right. equally, you know what we saw towards the women police officers and the other police officers, that was equally offensive and unacceptable and i hope the law takes its course. greater manchester police is appealing for information about the series of earlier events last tuesday that happened before their officers arrived. at 7:20 pm, a qatar airways flight lands from doha. there was an altercation between passengers, possibly in the baggage hall. the airline denies it happened on the plane. then, at 8:22, the police say there was a violent altercation involving members of the public

in a branch of starbucks at manchester's terminal 2. that happened six minutes before the incident involving the police — an incident which led to four people being arrested and one police officer facing a criminal investigation. phil mccann, bbc news. it's day three of the olympics, and this is the scene live in paris. in the last few hours 0lympic organisers have announced they've cancelled triathlon training in the river seine for the second day in a row over pollution concerns. here's the current status of the medals table. japan is leading with four gold medals, australia and the us are close behind. team gb is currently 13th. looking ahead at today's schedule, we have the men's ten metre platform synchronised dive, which tom daley will be competing in. there's also mountain biking later on today, which tom pidcock, the defending champion, will be competing in. we also have equestrian showjumping — the individualjumping finals, both individual and team

will be taking place at the palace of versailles later on today. let's speak to oscar thorpe, president at edinburgh university cycling club. good to have you on the programme. your club is where charlie aldridge did a lot of training back in the day, didn't he? did a lot of training back in the day. didn't he?— did a lot of training back in the day, didn't he? did a lot of training back in the da , didn't he? , ., day, didn't he? yes, i never got the rivileue day, didn't he? yes, i never got the privilege to — day, didn't he? yes, i never got the privilege to ride _ day, didn't he? yes, i never got the privilege to ride with _ day, didn't he? yes, i never got the privilege to ride with charlie - privilege to ride with charlie myself but i know many people that did. they only speak of him as some mythical, legendary creature he would just leave people sitting in the dust on their bikes, yes. he is a six foot three _ the dust on their bikes, yes. he is a six foot three powerhouse. - the dust on their bikes, yes. he is a six foot three powerhouse. tell us more about the club and the work they do with the athletes there? the universi they do with the athletes there? tue university club they do with the athletes there? he university club has they do with the athletes there? t'te university club has been they do with the athletes there? tte university club has been going for quite a while and we encourage all kinds of cycling and all kinds of athletes. it is important we get students to be able to participate in cycling in lots of different ways, but occasionally you get people like charlie who, along and it's not that the athletes we have in the club are not as good as

charlie, but charlie does definitely have traits about him that are natural and just can't be... of the students can't match that. tom pidcock tweeted, _ students can't match that. tom pidcock tweeted, although the olympic track is soft, what 0lympic track is soft, what difference does that make? he: mentioned difference does that make? he mentioned the track is not really mountain biking. tom pidcock�*s abilities lie in his technical capacity when it comes to cycling on the track. it is demonstrated by the tour de france a couple of years ago and he descended at 100 kilometres and he descended at 100 kilometres an hour with great techno ability shown. tom pidcock might have criticised the track because if the track is not suited to a technical rider in the same way as a powerful rider in the same way as a powerful rider such as charlie, it might not work to his advantage, despite him

being the favourite. tell work to his advantage, despite him being the favourite.— being the favourite. tell us more about him _ being the favourite. tell us more about him being _ being the favourite. tell us more about him being the _ being the favourite. tell us more about him being the favourite, . being the favourite. tell us more i about him being the favourite, who is the biggest competition? tam is the biggest competition? tom pidcock has _ is the biggest competition? tom pidcock has been _ is the biggest competition? trrn pidcock has been tipped as the favourite to win the race because he won at tokyo in the last 0lympics won at tokyo in the last olympics and has consistently shown he is a great all—round rider. but mina shed has been winning since 2009 and there is speculation as to whether he might take over tom pidcock. but at the age of 38 there is an element to which tom pidcock is hungrier. recently an interview tom pidcock said unless he wins the gold the olympics would not be an achievement 0lympics would not be an achievement to him. tell olympics would not be an achievement to him. , ., ., to him. tell us about the training and the level— to him. tell us about the training and the level of— to him. tell us about the training and the level of dedication - and the level of dedication required? t. and the level of dedication required?— and the level of dedication reuuired? i, ., ~ ., required? i, myself cycle and i know a lot of peeple _ required? i, myself cycle and i know a lot of people who _ required? i, myself cycle and i know a lot of people who cycle _ required? i, myself cycle and i know a lot of people who cycle and - required? i, myself cycle and i know a lot of people who cycle and then i a lot of people who cycle and then you have the 0lympians. the level of dedication required is immense. it doesn'tjust require you to make

massive sacrifices in your life, you have to be careful with your nutrition and the way you rest. a lot of athletes can take cycling to another level. charlie and tom pidcock and the other athletes have to take a lot of time away from family, missing out on social events at home and don't enjoy the things that people conventionally enjoy all the time. that people conventionally en'oy all the time. ,., ., ., ., i. the time. good to hear your thoughts. — the time. good to hear your thoughts, enjoy _ the time. good to hear your thoughts, enjoy the - the time. good to hear your thoughts, enjoy the action i the time. good to hear your- thoughts, enjoy the action later on. around the world and across the uk, this is bbc news.

we go to venezuela where the electoral authority says president nicolas maduro has been re—elected for a third term. here he is addressing his supporters after the result was announced. according to the official count based on 80% of the ballots, mr maduro won about five million

votes, compared with some four million for the main opposition candidate, edmundo gonzalez. the venezuelan opposition are alleging widespread fraud in the counting of votes. with me is our latin america reporter mimi swaby. welcome. the opposition are contesting these results, what happens now? the contesting these results, what happens now?— contesting these results, what happens now? the opposition are contestin: happens now? the opposition are contesting and _ happens now? the opposition are contesting and saying _ happens now? the opposition are contesting and saying widespread fraud. the public face of the opposition coalition has just said we will keep fighting and stand firm until every last vote is counted. she has urged her supporters to stay in the voting centres until 100% of the votes have been counted. she also said that she has one and everybody knew it. it is so overwhelming and so big, all across the country and exit polls were suggesting the opposition had a big lead ahead of mr maduro so there is a big upset as to what happens next.

she urged the supporters to get into the streets peacefully. she said they will not end in violence but no worries turning to mass protest which could trigger a political crackdown, as we have seen with past elections, like in 2018 when nicolas maduro endured under the wing. many said this was a stolen election and fraud was in play. there was a political crackdown then and history may repeat itself and we may see people take to the streets. like people take to the streets. like people angry, trying to get into the building. but this is the start of what could be a tense and emotional few days for venezuelans. what what could be a tense and emotional few days for venezuelans.— few days for venezuelans. what has the international _ few days for venezuelans. what has the international reaction _ few days for venezuelans. what has the international reaction been? - the international reaction been? leaders across latin america and beyond have been condemning what they see as a stolen election. they have said it is an open secret.

nicolas maduro was going to win the matter what the actual results were. across argentina, bolivia, uruguay, chile, all these places are calling for transparency, chile, all these places are calling fortransparency, in chile, all these places are calling for transparency, in the us the secretary of state has said they want the information to be shared without delay for the opposition and independent observers so the vote tables can be verified and this win can be seen as a true one for nicolas maduro. at the moment the only country to congratulate nicolas maduro on his third six—year term has been china, who praised the smooth handling of the selection. in reality, this has been a fraught and pivotal election where tensions, emotions have been increasing in the run—up to sunday's vote and they will not be dispelled any time soon. thank you for the update.

two years ago catastrophic floods caused millions of pounds worth of damage. pakistan has been ranked as one of the countries most affected by climate change. floods killed 36 people with authorities declaring a state of emergency in the south—west of the country. the commonwealth secretary—general is in pakistan to mark the second anniversary of the floods. she spoke to us early and spoke about the devastating impact of the flooding. tt is spoke about the devastating impact of the flooding.— of the flooding. it is absolutely devastating — of the flooding. it is absolutely devastating if _ of the flooding. it is absolutely devastating if you _ of the flooding. it is absolutely devastating if you think - of the flooding. it is absolutely devastating if you think about | of the flooding. it is absolutely - devastating if you think about what you said, 33 million people were uprooted, half of the population of the united kingdom. when you have almost 8 million people displaced and more than 2 million homes were damaged, this is people losing everything, losing their life, crops, theirfutures. and what everything, losing their life, crops, their futures. and what is

heartbreaking is, of course, pakistan, like many of the other countries in the global south contributed almost nothing to creating this terrible climate crisis. less than 1%. and i am really looking forward to going to see how people have recovered. you know, the resilience has been amazing, but it is also still heartbreaking. because the poverty, the hunger, the disease are still rampant with 9 million people forced into poverty and those of world bank figures, not figures produced by pakistan. and so i think it is critically important that we look at the reality of where we are, because this isn't the end. this isjust the reality of where we are, because this isn't the end. this is just the beginning. and this season looks as if it's going to be as terrifyingly complex and difficult as about two years ago. complex and difficult as about two ears auo. a, ., ,, complex and difficult as about two earsao, ., ,, ., complex and difficult as about two earsauo. ., ,, ., , , years ago. baroness scotland. gps have threatened _ years ago. baroness scotland. gps have threatened to _ years ago. baroness scotland. gps have threatened to bring _ years ago. baroness scotland. gps have threatened to bring the - years ago. baroness scotland. gps have threatened to bring the nhsl years ago. baroness scotland. gpsl have threatened to bring the nhs to a standstill if they decide to stage

their first industrial action in 60 years. family doctors in england are being balloted by the british medical association amid rows over the new contract for gp services. the union said strikes could start as early as thursday and last for months. you are watching bbc news. a woman who was attacked while out walking her dog in suffolk has died in hospital. 59—year—old anita rose was found unconscious on a track in brantham on wednesday. a 45—year—old man has been arrested on suspicion of murder. will vernon reports. the last known images of anita rose. the 57—year—old was out walking her dog early on wednesday morning when she was attacked. she was discovered critically injured, lying near a railway line. but ms rose has now died from her injuries in a local hospital. her family said she was well known and loved in the community,

a mum of six children, and a grandma to 13. in a statement, suffolk police said a 45—year—old man, who was arrested on saturday afternoon on suspicion of attempted murder, has now been rearrested on suspicion of murder. and police say they have now located the victim's phone, which could contain key evidence. but they still haven't found her distinctive pinkjacket, which she was pictured wearing. 0fficers haven't given details of any possible motive behind the attack, saying only that they believe the suspect was unknown to the victim. will vernon, bbc news. finding your way around town can be complicated at the best of times, but imagine trying to navigate them if you're blind or partially sighted. the national federation of the blind of the uk is calling for so called floating bus stops, which are separated

from the pavement by a cycle lane, to be removed, describing them as "chaotic, confusing and dangerous" for the visually impaired. thomas magill reports. you see that kerb's not very high. mm—hm. the lowering of the kerbs, it's all the same colour. it all merges into one. sarah is visually impaired and relies on her guide dog nelly to get around. but since this so—called shared space was introduced outside leicester train station, separating the footpath from the bus stop by a cycle lane, nelly has become disorientated, leaving sarah feeling vulnerable and unable to use some of the city's public transport. you could just get on and off a bus that pulled to a pavement. you'd have none of this conflict between cyclists, e—scooters and other micro—mobility. um, and i'djust do it and just walk into town. but now ijust won't do it because it's too dangerous and you're thinking, what's going to happen to us? is somebody going to hit us? it's just terrifying.

and it's notjust those who are visually impaired who are at risk. these near—misses between other pedestrians and cyclists were recently caught on camera by campaigners. in leicester, there's concern the design is confusing, badly planned and dangerous. one guy come down here and he must have been doing it at least 25 mile an hour. nearly took... if he's had took somebody out, they'd have been hospitalised. i'm always turning around. i'm scared of getting run over. but not only by cycles. it's them scooters, electric scooters. people fly past and i've been knocked over nearly a couple of times, so it is a bit unsafe. so something needs to be done. this is not a safe place to cycle or walk as a pedestrian. now campaigners like sarah gayton wants the new government to ban floating bus stops and redesign those that exist to make it safer for the visually impaired. whilst we were out filming

with sarah, this happened. so... if you're telling me this has to stop here like this. you know, i've justjumped out my skin because that e—scooter flying past me. you know, how can this be safe? they can see us. a near miss from a passing e—scooter going the wrong way up a cycle lane. absolutely abhorrent. and it has to stop. they're not working. they haven't worked since they've been put in for blind and visually impaired people and it's time for a change. a change of design that will allow the bus, like it always did, to come back up to the pavement, so blind, visually impaired people can get on and off the bus directly from the pavement without having to cross or step into a live cycle lane. well, these floating bus stops and the segregated cycleways have been designed to improve safety for cyclists by separating them from all other vehicles. now widely welcomed by those who use them, some have concerns about their design. the department of transport says...

"acessibility on our roads and pavements is an absolute priority. "we are working with disability groups and local authorities to ensure all concerns are taken seriously." sarah mcmonagle cycles to work every day in london and says herjourney is now much safer since segregated cycle lanes were introduced. she would like to see more in other towns and cities, but says it's important they are designed in accordance with the guidance. i must go through maybe six, seven, eight floating bus stops on my way to work, and i think they're a great innovation. they mean that you don't have to kind of mix with the traffic when you're on the same route as a bus. there's actually pretty good guidance in place for how they should be designed, but unfortunately we're not always seeing that that guidance adhered to. so for cycling uk, we really want to see better compliance and make sure that we are actually designing bus stops in a way that keeps cyclists safe, but also keep

pedestrians safe, particularly visually—impaired people. more of this likely in the future, sarah is hoping a petition recently handed in to the government will bring an end to these shared spaces, so her and nelly can get their independence back. thomas magill, bbc news. time for a look at the weather. we start this new week with very warm or even hot weather. tomorrow could reach 32 celsius somewhere in the south—east of england, making it the south—east of england, making it the warmest day so far. but mid week we see a thundery breakdown and by the end of the week it will be fresher with sunshine and showers. high pressure very much in charge, or whether bumping into it and weakening but it will produce a band of cloud and some light rain. ahead of cloud and some light rain. ahead of that one or two showers getting to us from scotland and northern

ireland. a lot of dry weather for the rest of the uk. a fair bit of sunshine, just some fair weather cloud bubbling up. temperature 22 in aberdeen, 23 in newcastle to 28 and 29 in london. these are the sea temperatures around the shores. 1a to 18 degrees, a little bit chilly. into this evening and overnight the weather front continues to drift from the north—west, heading south eastwards but weakening all the time and will tend to fizzle by the end of the night and we looking at clear skies with some patchy mist and fog forming across south—west england. it is not going to be cold night, overnight lows 11 to 15. tamara, the remnants of that weather from producing the cloud with be with us but it will break a feather in the day. windy across the far north of the country especially shetland, here too we could catch the shower. the temperature —wise, we are looking at 21 in aberdeen, 20 in

belfast, 26 in birmingham and potentially 31 or 32 celsius in the south—eastern quarter. 0n potentially 31 or 32 celsius in the south—eastern quarter. on wednesday, a bit of thundery breakdown in southern areas, through the english channel and southern and south—eastern counties but a lot of cloud across the north—east of england and north—east scotland, making it a grey day. but a lot of dry weather, just not as warm or hot. highest temperature is about 26. then as we head on from thursday into friday, we still have some thunderstorms around but by the end of the week low pressure starts to take over from of the week low pressure starts to take overfrom high pressure. so on thursday itself again, humid, low cloud and showery rain and some of that turning thundery and beyond that turning thundery and beyond that it that turning thundery and beyond thatitis that turning thundery and beyond that it is a mixture of sunshine with showers.

live from london. this is bbc news. the uk's chancellor rachel reeves is set to scrap some major infrastructure projects to plug a £20 billion black hole in the public finances. the french police has arrested an ultra—left activist at a railway site after sabotage attacks last week. nicolas maduro claims victory in the venezeulan elections winning a third term in office — the opposition alleges widespread fraud. israel's security cabinet authorises the prime minister to determine the response to a deadly rocket strike in the golan heights.

hello. i'm samantha simmonds. the chancellor, rachel reeves, is set to scrap some major infrastructure projects as she looks to plug a £20 billion black hole in the public finances, left by the conservatives. in a speech later, she'll accuse the previous government refusing to make difficult decisions. here's our business correspondent marc ashdown. the chancellor is said to be genuinely shocked at the state of the public finances she's inherited from the conservatives. she's accused them of covering up the true scale of the issues — a black hole estimated at £20 billion — and then running away. today, rachel reeves will outline how she plans to, in her words, fix the foundations. it starts with public sector pay. the bbc understands she will accept pay recommendations, which are billions of pounds above what she's budgeted for. the calculation, the disruption from prolonged industrial action, is far more damaging to the economy

than digging deep now for above—inflation pay rises.