england and in northern ireland. israel says it will send a delegation to a new round of gaza ceasefire negotiations. hamas is yet to confirm if it will take part. the bbc asks former newsreader huw edwards to return more than £200,000 in salary, saying he undermined trust in the corporation. another person is arrested in connection with the planned attacks on the taylor swift concerts in vienna. hello, i'm annita mcveigh. welcome to bbc news now, three hours of fast—moving news, interviews and reaction. we begin this hour with the war in ukraine, where four days of surprise border incursions have seen ukraine strike a military airfield and make territorial gains within russia. while inside ukraine,

a busy supermarket has been struck. these pictures have been shared on social media and have been verified by our team. ukraine's interior minister says at least 11 people have been killed in what he says was a russian missile attack in the donetsk region. he says a post office was also hit and at least 35 people have been injured. president zelensky shared these pictures of what he said was the scene of the attack. and as ukraine's offensive within russia continues, russia says it's moving troops and munitions to the border region. ukraine's latest assault was a drone attack on an airbase about 300 kilometres inside russia. four russian villages near the airbase have been evacuated. while ukraine is planning to evacuate 20,000 of its citizens who live close to its russian ground offensive. pictures released by the russian defence ministry show the airbase being hit by ukrainian forces.

sources in ukraine's security services have told security services have told the bbc that several dozen fighter jets and helicopters at the base were hit, as well as munitions warehouses. these pictures of kursk have been shared widely on social media and have been verified by our team. it's dashcam video taken along the e38 road through a town in russia's kursk region. it's thought it was shot on friday morning — and shows damaged vehicles and dead and injured soldiers. with me is vitaly shevchenko, the bbc russia monitoring editor. thank you forjoining me in the studio. i want to ask you about the attack on the supermarket and post office first of all. what is the latest you are hearing about that? the latest is that 11 people have been confirmed dead and the supermarket is located in an eastern town which is very close to the front line and the post office that

was in the same building has been used by volunteers to send packages to forces fighting on the front line, so that is possibly one practical reason why russia may have wanted to target it. find practical reason why russia may have wanted to target it.— wanted to target it. and teller is the latest on _ wanted to target it. and teller is the latest on what _ wanted to target it. and teller is the latest on what is _ wanted to target it. and teller is the latest on what is happening l wanted to target it. and teller is . the latest on what is happening with ukraine a's incursion into russia. how is russia responding and what is the overall strategy here for ukraine? figs the overall strategy here for ukraine? �* , ., the overall strategy here for ukraine? a . ~ ., ukraine? as far as we know, the fi . htin: ukraine? as far as we know, the fighting still— ukraine? as far as we know, the fighting still continues, - ukraine? as far as we know, the fighting still continues, which i ukraine? as far as we know, the fighting still continues, which in | fighting still continues, which in itself, is extraordinary. this is the biggest such incursion by ukraine since the start of the war. the practical objectives which ukraine may be trying to achieve include distracting russian forces from elsewhere and also, as hinted at by a key presidential adviser in ukraine, ukraine may be trying to

sow fear and panic and confusion within russia and sent a message to russia that the so—called special military operation isn't going to plan and ultimately reduce support for russia's war against ukraine, according to mykhailo podolyak. and president zelensky has said what russians are seeing now is that what is coming to them, to their homes, and he didn't directly refer to this incursion in kursk and that is a strategy taken by kyiv in similar cases but what we are hearing from kyiv are hints that this is what ukraine is going to convince russians that war is horrible and it is not really worth attacking your neighbours. find is not really worth attacking your neighbours-_ neighbours. and possibly also a messaue neighbours. and possibly also a message from _ neighbours. and possibly also a message from ukraine - neighbours. and possibly also a message from ukraine to - neighbours. and possibly also a message from ukraine to the i neighbours. and possibly also a | message from ukraine to the us neighbours. and possibly also a - message from ukraine to the us and other allies to keep backing them? absolutely, one mp who has spoken to the bbc said that one clear outcome

of this incursion is that there has been no escalation bite russia so all of these red lines mentioned by moscow can be crossed easily. —— escalation by russia. therefore, the west shouldn't really be afraid to support the ukraine war and allow ukraine to use sophisticated western missiles to target russian airfields, deep within russia for example, and this is something they have been trying to get permission for from the west and have so far failed. so this incursion can be seen as ukraine trying to take matters into its own hands and doing it on the ground by itself. thank ou ve it on the ground by itself. thank you very much. _ it on the ground by itself. thank you very much, vitaly _ it on the ground by itself. thank. you very much, vitaly shevchenko. earlier i spoke to matthew savill, director of military sciences at the defence think tank, rusi on how signifcant the attack by ukraine is against russian airbase. is against russian airbases.

i mean, the the attack on the airbase might actually complement the ground operations that have started this week in and around kursk, but it's probably also part of the ongoing ukrainian drone campaign against targets deeper into russia. and that's split out over sort of russian infrastructure, ammunition and logistics points. but the airbase targets are twofold — the very long—range ones where the large russian bombers are launching from, which launch, you know, the cruise missiles and things that hit particularly ukrainian civilian targets and their infrastructure. and then in places like lipetsk, that's where the jets that are using, particularly the glide bombs, are being flown from. and they're attacking ukrainian forces, particularly around the north and kharkiv. and so they've got targets in lipetsk, kursk and voronezh that they've been going after for some time. so, what's ukraine's strategy —

or, indeed, strategies — here? is it about drawing russian troops away from other parts of the front line? is it about saying to the us and other allies, "keep on backing us"? well, i think that the strikes on the air bases are about trying to kind of push back those russian aircraft that have been posing some of the greatest threats to ukraine forces. and some of these are the targets that they would like to be hitting with things like the atacms ground—based ballistic missile provided by the americans, although those are at the extreme end of that, which is why they're using drones. the kursk incursion could be about adding to that pressure on russian forces that tried to threaten kharkiv, although that attack stalled a few weeks back. there is also a political element to this, which is that it could be about signalling to the west that they're still in this fight, reversing the narrative of the past six months, where a lot of that has been about russian pressure and, frankly, embarrassing the russians and really striking a blow to their prestige.

some breaking news to bring you from the world of football, lee carsley has been appointed as the interim manager of england's men's team and this follows gareth southgate standing down following the euros when england reached the final but lost to spain stopped lee carsley has been appointed as interim england manager. and until very recently, he was the boss of the england under 21 is a side and just some information about him from that period, in georgia last summer, the england under 21 team won a trophy for the last time in 21 years and also the first to have successive clean sheets in the tournament's history so let's see what he brings to the main team but lee carsley appointed as interim managerfor

england's men's football team. police in northern ireland say they dealt with several race—related hate crimes in belfast on thursday night. a car was set on fire and a group of masked men threw bricks at officers. after a week of rioting across england and in northern ireland, the uk prime minister said today there are plans in place to crackdown on any potential unrest this weekend and has asked police chiefs to stay on "high a le rt". the violence was triggered by misinformation about the identity of the person suspected of stabbing three children to death in southport in the north of england ten days ago. well prime minister, sir keir starmer, says it is important that we stay on high alert. let's have a listen to some of what he had to say. i think it's really important that we maintain high alert. i've obviously been here at the control room of the met, looking at what is essentially the nerve centre. but my message to the police and all of those that are charged with responding to disorder is,

"maintain that high alert". i'm absolutely convinced that having the police officers in place these last few days in the right places, the swift justice that's being dispensed in our courts, have had a real impact. but we have to stay on high alert going into this weekend because we absolutely have to make sure that our communities are safe and secure — and feel safe and secure. the start of the football season in england — is that going to make things harder or easier, do you think? i think there are a lot of things in the mix this weekend. but of course, whatever the challenge, we have to rise to it and that is why i have had cobra meetings, that is why i have been talking to the police today about their plans for the weekend. yes, football is added into the mix, there are other things in the mix, but our focus has to be absolutely solely on the safety and security of our communities, and that is exactly where it is. let's speak to our political correspondent, damian grammaticas.

. ithink . i think that sir keir starmer will hope that that televised sentencing will be a clear deterrent to anyone i was wanting to take part in that violence. , , . , ., violence. the publicising of the heavy sentences _ violence. the publicising of the heavy sentences being - violence. the publicising of the heavy sentences being given i violence. the publicising of the l heavy sentences being given out violence. the publicising of the - heavy sentences being given out and the number of arrests, individual names, photographs, details, all of that has been reported widely this week in the cases that have been brought to court and the sentences that have been passed and the government believe that is having an impact and a deterrent effect and i think there is a sense that may have contributed to the fact that on wednesday, when there were fears they could be quite a large number of incidents of violence around the country, that did not come to pass. they have been more sentences since

then, more today, and when you speak to people in downing street, they do say they think that is one of the big reasons. the other big reason is they think the planning, the positioning of police forces, the fact that police forces are monitoring social media messaging systems to try to understand, if events are being planned, where they might be planned, and to be able to respond to those. so that is again what you are hearing keir starmer talking about, the need and the importance of this weekend, the government and the police being prepared for that and that is where a lot of the focus is now. find a lot of the focus is now. and presumably _ a lot of the focus is now. and presumably keir _ a lot of the focus is now. and presumably keir starmer, other members of his cabinet will be on standby over the weekend to respond to events if and when they need them? , , to events if and when they need them? ,,,,,,_ to events if and when they need them? , , them? this is probably the highest riori of them? this is probably the highest priority of the _ them? this is probably the highest priority of the government - them? this is probably the highest priority of the government at - them? this is probably the highest priority of the government at this | priority of the government at this minute so this is something they are

watching very carefully and keir starmer�*s visit today was not by chance to a main control room for the metropolitan police, the biggest force in the uk, here in london where they are monitoring online communications and they are controlling things and they are making decisions about where they will need to deploy officers today and across the weekend and that was in order to signal to the police, both the backing of the government is giving them and the importance of this and certainly, across the weekend, it will be something they will all be watching and certainly downing street will be watching very carefully, hoping there is not a repeat of the violence we have seen in previous days. because this is a serious challenge for keir starmer. just after a month in office and we had a week or so of these violent events and concern if any more do you happen over the weekend. thank ou ve you happen over the weekend. thank you very much. _ you happen over the weekend. thank you very much, damian _

you happen over the weekend. thank you very much, damian grammaticas. —— if any more do happen. huw edwards has been asked by the bbc to hand back more than £200,000 that he was paid by the corporation after being arrested on child abuse image charges. the chair of the bbc board samir shah released a statement in which he said, "today, the board has "authorised the executive to seek the return of salary paid "to mr edwards from the time he was arrested in november last year. "mr edwards pleaded guilty to an appalling crime. "had he been up front when asked by the bbc about his arrest, "we would never have continued to pay him public money. "he has clearly undermined trust in the bbc "and brought us into disrepute." 0ur media correspondent lizo mzimba told me more. there are two things, a statement from the bbc board and a letter towards staff from the bbc chair who in a strongly worded statement to staff said, let me be clear, the villain of this piece is huw edwards

and the victim are the children whose degradation huw edwards provided a market for and said that he was living a double life, and on the face of it, he was a much admired broadcaster with whom the bbc had trusted the responsibility of hosting its flagship news programme and presiding over national events but he violated the trust of our staff and audiences in the most egregious way. the board and chief of staff have now written to huw edwards asking him to return more than £200,000 of licence payers' money that was paid to him after he was arrested for three counts of making indecent images of children, can't see pleaded guilty tojust a few children, can't see pleaded guilty to just a few weeks ago. the bbc maude said they had met a number of times over the last week to review the information provided by the executive, people like tim davie, relating to huw edwards and said the

board's focus had been around two issues, firstly, what was known in the lead up to huw edwards being charged and pleading guilty to making indecent images of children and secondly, the specifics of the bbc�*s handling of the complaints and the bbc�*s own investigation into huw edwards prior to his investigation in april 2024 and a statement from the board makes it clear they are backing tim davie and the executive and they say it is clear that huw edwards is the villain of this particular piece. they also said they were announcing an independent review into workplace practices at the bbc, because they say this whole affair has thrown up issues, including imbalances within the workplace, and they will be announcing more details on that independent review in early september. independent review in early september-— independent review in early setember. around the world and across the uk. this is bbc news.

israel has agreed to send a delegation to a new round of negotiations on a ceasefire and hostage—release deal with hamas. the united states, egypt and qatar issued a joint call for talks to resume next week in either cairo or doha. hamas has yet to respond. with fears of a wider regional escalation following the killing of the hamas leader, ismail haniyeh in iran, international diplomats have been stressing the urgent need for a ceasefire to end the gaza war. i spoke to alon pinkas, who was an advisor to former israeli prime ministers ehud barak and shimon peres. he gave us his assessment on why israel has agreed to a fresh round of talks. i think the agreement to resume the talks is a consequence, a result, of enormous pressure on the prime minister, both from within the military and the intelligence, and the public, to a lesser extent.

but enormous pressures internally. and some pressures from the us in the last two or three weeks. what still doesn't cease to amaze is the casualness of it all. i mean, these people, the hostages, have been there for ten months. their suffering is indescribable. and israel, on thursday, then again on friday announces it will send a delegation next week. why not send them now? and that sort of is an indication that, i am leaving hamas aside for a second, concentrating instead on israel. i obviously want to move on to hamas in a second. but i am interested to pick up on something you said. obviously, it looks like benjamin netanyahu,

when we saw those attacks, on ismail haniyeh and the person the person from hezbollah, he was listening to the hawks. now you say he is listening to some within the military who are not perhaps as hawkish as some in his cabinet. and indeed the public, many of whom want those hostages back, clearly. it looks like he has been listening at one point to a different view to what he is listening to now. no, he is not listening to anyone. i am sorry to break your theory. he is not listening to anyone. he is only listening to his political instincts, only manipulating a given situation, thinking of how he gets through the next day. there is no long—term strategic thinking. is that the pressure was on the verge, on the precipice, of becoming very public. until now, the chief of staff, the head of the mossad, the equivalent

of your m16, or the shin bet general security service, roughly your m15, they were talking anonymously and hinting or insinuating that they are unhappy with the prime minister's constant derailment and constant subversion of a deal. i think, in the last few days, he has come to terms with the possibility that they will go out public with that and that would make it extraordinarily difficult. the austrian interior minister says a third person has been arrested in connection with the planned attacks on the taylor swift concerts in vienna. gerhard karner said an 18—year—old iraqi was detained in the austrian capital on thursday night. he said the teenager, who is believed to have pledged allegiance to the islamic state group, was an acquaintance of the main suspect, a 19—year—old austrian citizen. taylor swift's three performances in vienna have been cancelled. 0ur europe correspondent, bethany bell, is in vienna. she gave me the latest on the investigation. we have had the news of this third arrest, an iraqi citizen, a friend,

we understand, or acquaintance of the main suspect, the 19—year—old citizen who was arrested in a town just south of vienna on wednesday. there is also, we understand, as well as the three arrests, police have questioned a 15—year—old boy, but we understand from the authorities that he has been treated as a witness rather than involved in the alleged plot. the interior minister has said that intensive efforts are being made to continue these investigations and he has also praised the cooperation between the austrian services and foreign intelligence services. there are unconfirmed reports that the americans among others may have helped to tip of the austrians about this planned attack but as i say, that is not confirmed.

but certainly, there has been a lot of cooperation with foreign intelligence services about this. and bethany, i understand there are lots of people already there in vienna who had travelled in advance of the taylor swift concert or who were on their way when the news broke about the cancellation of the events. yes, vienna is full of taylor swift fans everywhere you go, yes, vienna is full of swifties, everywhere you go, they're wearing friendship bracelets, i was hanging out with a group of them who gathered in a street called corneliusgasse which is the closest vienna comes to cornelia street, which is of course the taylor swift song. they were singing, someone had brought a guitar, there is a real sense they were trying to make the most of being in vienna even though there is clearly enormous disappointment for many of them that this was cancelled.

all of them saying, i've seen some fans in tears, people saying, though, all of them saying, the people i have spoken to, they realise that safety has to come first and they understand the decision to cancel. video newly released by police in pennsylvania reveals a clearer picture of the moments surrounding the attempted assassination of donald trump last month. a warning that some viewers might find this distressing. the video shows a police officer after being onto a roof close to where the attacker is positioned. the unarmed officer quicklyjumps down, saying he saw the gunman. he then runs to his vehicle for a firearm. trump was nicked by a bullet in the shooting — one person at the rally was killed and two others seriously injured.

some breaking news to bring you relating to the violent disorder that followed the stabbing of a number of young children in southport, including the deaths of three young girls and we are hearing that former labour councillor ricky jones has been charged with one count of encouraging violence disorder after he was filmed addressing a crowd at a demonstration in london on wednesday evening. that comes to us from the crown prosecution service. former labour councillor rickyjones has labour councillor ricky jones has been labour councillor rickyjones has been charged with one count of encouraging violence disorder. you are watching bbc news. —— violent disorder. it isa it is a decent enough day for most of us all though a little bit windy with showers across parts of the uk and it will turn really hot across

southern parts of the uk and we have brisk westerly winds across scotland's and the irish sea and we have some showers earlier on here on the radar and we also had thick cloud earlier on in the south and thatis cloud earlier on in the south and that is a weather front which is now cleared towards the east and it is much brighter and the temperatures this afternoon are a mid—20s in the south—east of england and low 20s in the north—west but the teens for scotland and northern ireland. it should be a fine friday evening although in that north—west of scotland the showers will continue and the western isles too. later in the night we are also expecting thicker cloud to spread into wales, central england and the south—west, and it will really be quite murky around some coasts with a bit of rain and drizzle as forecast and a further east you are, the drier it will be. tomorrow starts off quite murky across the southern part of the uk and the clouds should feign into the afternoon and so we will call it bright rather than sunny although the south coast of england should be sunny and in scotland hq

showers are expected and in northern ireland and the lake district i think it should be quite sunny tomorrow. now, the forecast for sunday, i think a generally sunny day across the bulk of the uk. the winds will start to come in from the south so pushing hot air from the near continent and we will probably hit 30 degrees in the south on sunday, not in the north, though. there is that hot stream of air out of spain through france and spreading to other parts of europe as well and this will be a short lived heatwave, a couple of days of some quite intense heat, sunday into monday but not everywhere, look at that, storms are forecast for parts of northern ireland and scotland and may be the north of england throughout monday and the heat will be preserved to do more central, eastern and south—eastern parts of england and 33 is possible but more typically it is around 30 and then we have the high 20s are further north across northern ireland and scotland and that he doesn't last very long and it looks as though next week we will have weather

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under western sactions and how to get young workers to pick up their phones. we'll hear about gen z�*s communications barrier welcome to business today, live from new york, i'm michelle fleury in new york. at the end of a volatile week, us markets are trading xxxthis follows gains on thursday after sharp losses as the week began, driven by uncertainty over the pace of cuts to us borrowing costs. traders are now awaiting the release of next week's us inflation data as they attempt to judge the federal reserve's plans for interest—rate cuts. slowing prices and a softening labour market have ramped up bets on at least one us rate reduction before january. tim urbanowicz, head of research & investment strategy at innovator capital

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