wembley ba ns �*tay—gating'. extra checks introduced at the taylor swift's london shows after her austria concerts were cancelled because of a terror plot. hello, i'm lewis vaughanjones. the number of violent attacks against women and girls on britain's railways has increased by more than 50% in two years, according to the british transport police. its survey found that more than a third of women have been subjected to sexual harassment or sexual offences while commuting by train or tube. our correspondent nick eardley has this report. doors beep put your bags on the floor. this is the moment when edgarjunior was arrested by british transport police last year. the 50—year—old had sexually assaulted a woman on a train. he admitted it and was sentenced to 20 months in prison. but new figures show that this is far from an isolated case. british transport police figures show an average of 31 reports a day

involving violent crimes against women or girls. the number being reported hasjumped 50% in just two years. reports of sexual harassment have more than doubled in the same period, with sexual assault reports up 10%, too. most women and girls have experienced incidents of sexual harassment and other types of non—contact sexual offending on the transport network for a very long time. it isn't new to many women and girls that this is happening, but we also know perpetrators can target busy transport network times so that they can access women and girls in that way, as well. so we shouldn't be surprised that there are a huge number of perpetrators. there have been a number of campaigns encouraging women to report violence on the transport network. like this app, railway guardian. police say the increase in cases is not necessarily more crime, but could be a sign that more women

are comfortable coming forward to report it. we're starting to see the impact, i think, of the public campaigns and the encouraging of people to come forward and report. so that's definitely a strategy to carry on. but what we do need to see is action taken by the british transport police in response to all of these reports, because if we don't start to see action, then people won't feel it's worthwhile coming forward and reporting it. but charities also warn the reported cases are likely to be the tip of the iceberg. the government says the violence women face on the transport network is completely unacceptable, and ministers are pledging to halve violence against women and girls in the coming years. nick eardley, bbc news, westminster. let's speak to our political correspondent, damian grammaticas. we heard calls therefore action. politically, what could that look like? i politically, what could that look like? ~' politically, what could that look like? ~ ., , ., , like? i think a couple of things, one thing on — like? i think a couple of things, one thing on the _ like? i think a couple of things, one thing on the policing - like? i think a couple of things, one thing on the policing side, | one thing on the policing side, which you heard a bit about there,

is this ongoing campaign by british transport police which is to encourage women and girls to come forward and report crimes. what they believe is that that is partly responsible for the increase in number as we are seeing, it is also worth saying that the baseline for those figures is 2021. that was a time during a pandemic when they were at lower numbers of people travelling, therefore you would imagine there lower numbers of reports. so some, there is a caveat behind some of this reporting, but certainly british transport police believe that more women and girls are coming forward, and that is the trend. i think politically, the government of course want to see that. jess phillips the safeguarding minister has said that it is unacceptable that women and girls should feel fear about using the transport network, should have to think about the times when they use it and modify their behaviour. so

the message there from the government side is that this can't government side is that this can't go unchallenged, there must be an effort to tackle these cases, and thatis effort to tackle these cases, and that is also what you were hearing from the british transport police, that in order to maintain that level of support, and if women are coming forward, they need to see that action is being taken and consequences follow. action is being taken and conseuuences follow. . ~ , ., ., consequences follow. thank you for that. here in the uk, the latest figures on price increases have just been released, showing an uptick. however, the silver lining is that the increase is slightly smaller than expected. the consumer price inflation rate forjuly has come in at 2.2%, up from the 2% bank of england target seen in may and june, and that is below the forecasted 2.3%. as a result, london stocks advanced on wednesday, strengthening bets that the bank of england will cut interest rates in the next policy meeting.

our business correspondent ben boulos. this figure tells us how quickly things went up in price injuly compared with 12 months earlier, an average of price increases across all the various goods and services that we spend our money on and the figure was 2.2%. remember, that is on average, some things have gone up more sharply, some more slowly than that, some things will even have fallen in price, for example hand—rolling tobacco went up at a much sharper rate than the average, furniture on the other hand actually fell in price compared with one year ago. one of the things that has kept the average up slightly is energy prices, gas and electricity. although they have come down a bit this summer, not as much as they did last summer, but that is why they are creating some upward pressure on the overall inflation figure. the bank of england's

target is 2%, july's figure of 2.2% is slightly above the target, and we saw when inflation came down to target injune that the bank of england subsequently cut interest rates. they had been at the highest for a decade and a half. they brought them down just a shade from 5.2% down to 5%, and that eased pressure on borrowers, people with mortgages, loans and so on. the fact that inflation has edged up slightly and the bank is expecting it to increase a little more before the end of the year raises questions about how quickly, how soon we will see the next interest rate cut. the next decision by the bank of england is due in mid—september, so we will find out what they make of this figure when they next make their decision then. the other reasonjuly�*s inflation figures important, the other reasonjuly�*s inflation figure's important,

one of the measures, rpi, the retail prices index, is normally used as a level set next year's rail fare increases, affecting the price of train tickets, normally rpi plus 1%, that would mean we would be looking at an increase in rail fares of around 5%. however, the government has said no decisions have been made yet on next year's rail fares, maintaining that prices are as affordable as possible for passengers. responding to inflation more generally, the government said it is under no illusion as to the skill of a challenge, adding that it recognises many families are still struggling with the cost of living. more now on the middle east, and the us government has stepped up efforts to persuade israel and hamas to reach a ceasefire in gaza. during a meeting on the un security council,

the united states' overall goal remains to turn the temperature down in the region, deter and defend against any future attacks, and avoid regional conflict. that starts with finalising a deal for an immediate ceasefire with hostage release in gaza. we need to get this over the finish line. the palestinian ambassador to the un accused the security council of not doing enough, and urged those present to impose sanctions on israel. israel does not care about your condemnations. let me repeat. israel does not care about your condemnations. it dismisses your resolutions, it does not even listen to your debates. meawhile, israel's representative accused hamas of using civilians as human targets, and demanded more action to be taken on iran. the most unbelievable thing

is your inaction to condemn and stop the biggest danger and threat to the entire region, iran. right now, as we speak here now, millions of israelis are preparing for a direct iranian attack. as we've been hearing, president biden believes the best way to prevent that attack is by reaching a ceasefire and hostage swap. listen to this exchange between the american president and a reporter. we'll see what iran does and we'll see what happens with preventing an attack. but i'm not giving up. do you have the understanding that iran could cease or stop doing an action if a ceasefire deal was possible? that's my expectation, but we'll see. thank you. the us has approved $20 billion dollars

in arms sales to israel. we now speak to our cbs correspondentjarred hill in new york with more. this is a pretty large arms sale again, $20 billion, including dozens of fighterjets, missiles and other ammunition. they are not expecting to get to israel anytime soon, looking at 2026 for the earliest and 2029 would be for the largest portion of this when it would make its way over to israel. and just remind us, we saw a bit of the diplomatic exchanges there, we saw a bit there from president biden being asked about it by a reporter, but give us the broader picture of what president biden is pushing for here. this package that president biden is pushing for would be a ceasefire between israel and hamas in gaza, as well as this exchange for the hostages that are still believed to be alive and being held by hamas. this has been something that has been in the works in some way, shape or form for months now.

we know biden first talked about this proposal way back at the end of may, and there have been various iterations that have gone back and forth between the parties involved. we know that hamas has been telling cbs news that they don't believe that israel is negotiating in good faith at this point, and that is why they say they will not be sending a representative to these talks coming up tomorrow. israel continues to maintain that they are not only mentioning that they want to get the hostages back but also they say israel continues to maintain that they are not only working to get the hostages back but also they say that they want to eliminate hamas in any way, shape or form that would require. still at this stalemate at a really critical time in this conflict. more now on the situation in greece, and greek media are reporting that more than 100 buildings have been damaged in wildfires that had been blazing in several towns and villages around the capital athens. officials said that less than 10% of the burnt areas were forests.

greece's interior ministry has allocated more than five million dollars to help the affected areas. chloe brimicombe, who is heatwave scientist at the wegener centre at university of graz in austria. we know that conditions like high wind speeds, dry soil conditions and high temperatures are becoming more likely in the region with our changing climate. so this is really a concern, as it is for the world in general, but something that has been encouraging is that we have seen year—on—year a growing understanding of what the greek government needs to do, and i think we definitely have seen that in this case. and what about trends here? how is it looking over the past few years? we have seen wildfires in the region year—on—year for probably the last ten years now. this year was not really

as remarkable as in some of those other years. if we think about the late teens, so if we are thinking about 2017, �*18 and �*19, those were record—breaking fires in greece and also parts of spain and portugal, where we saw historic farmland that had been in families for generations being completely destroyed. this year in greece was remarkable because it was the earliest heat wave that they had had on record. so the conditions have been building up over the period, and that is a trend that is likely to continue, unless we have this transition to net zero, so we have a reduction in emissions that we know are causing the rising likelihood of the weather conditions that are conducive for wildfires to spread. and along with that move to reduce emissions, is there any resilience capabilities that can be built in in the meantime?

definitely, and i think we are seeing that in the region, which is really encouraging. so, there is always a way to improve fire management, and we see that in a lot of the way that forests are replanted in a lot of regions. so, you have a different mix of tree species being planted, including in commercial forestry. there are also ways to improve evacuation plans and early warning, and there are efforts in terms of research to do now casting so that we know the direction that wildfires are likely to spread in so that we can evacuate people earlier so that the loss of life is reduced. but there's only so much that this can do, because there is going to be an increase in the likelihood of this weather for wildfires to spread increasing, so it is going to get to a point where even if we could do

everything, we need to make sure that those efforts are not hindered by also reducing emissions so that this effort doesn't have to be increasingly likely, that would help everybody in the region. students across england, wales and northern ireland will find out their b—tech, t—level and a—level results tomorrow. in the case of a—levels, more than 825,000 exams were taken in 2024 — a 2.4% increase on last year. while many young people will go straight into work or apprenticeships, almost 317,000 students have applied for university or college this year — the second highest figure on record. the number of teenagers applying to study medicine has dropped by 12% in two years — down tojust over 12,000. 0ur reporter anne—marie tasker has been to lincoln medical school, where the first doctors to be trained in the city have begun working in the nhs.

after leaving london and spending five years studying medicine in lincolnshire, miranda is among the first 73 doctors to graduate from lincoln medical school. and now she's swapping the university's training wards for real ones, starting her firstjob as a junior doctor at lincoln county hospital. hospitals like lincoln and boston will help you gain those independent skills quite early. rural medicine is not something that you get to experience often, especially if you grow up or you work in a big city. so, we get to see different conditions that are more progressed, like diabetes and hypertension. do you think if you hadn't been here at medical school, you never would have applied for a job at a hospital in lincoln or boston? honestly, probably not. lincolnshire was the largest english county without a medical school until lincoln's was established in 2018. we filmed its first—ever group

of medical students in the early years of their training. last week, they started work at hospitals across the country, with a handful staying here. it was multiple factors. my love for the city — it's just a beautiful, really peaceful place with lovely people. then also just things like the cost of living. so, i just thought to myself, "i'm not sure why i would rush back to london when, really, i've got everything i need here." it's always been a bit of a challenge historically to be able to bring students to train in lincolnshire. essentially, we want to be able to grow our own doctors in the region and, obviously, to give those students a really good, helpful experience whilst they're here, so that they then want to be able to stay in the area and basically carry on providing care to the patients and the people that live in lincolnshire. miranda will spend her first two years working as a medic in lincoln and boston. hospital bosses hope she won't be the last home—grown doctor they take on.

taylor swift's concerts at wembley stadium this week will have additional ticket checks. the performances are sold—out, and ticketless fans have been warned to stay away. it comes after three shows in vienna were cancelled over an alleged plot by suspected terrorists to attack the venue and fans. chi chi izundu reports. this is what wembley bosses don't want to see. 40,000 ticketless swifties took over the grass hill outside the munich venue to listen to her perform her eras tour. fans call it tay—gating — soaking up the atmosphere. and last time taylor was in the uk, ticketless fans tay—gated at wembley, cardiff and liverpool. but for her next five dates at wembley, officials are asking fans not to do this. a reminder was posted on the venue's website, which read, "everyone will be checked before entry and we don't want any bad blood. we'd hate to have to turn you away."

they added, "to support the safe entry and exit of everyone within the stadium, no one is allowed to stand outside any entrance or on the olympic steps at the front of the stadium. non—ticket holders will be moved on." # when you wake up and find that what you're looking for.# last week in vienna, fans were left singing in the streets after organisers cancelled all three taylor swift gigs after austrian security officials foiled a planned terror attack. i think, given what happened in vienna just the other week, it makes sense that wembley stadium would issue a statement like this, especially when there's so many young people and families that will be attending over the five nights. and i think it will be a reassurance to a lot of fans that the stadium is taking security seriously. we are just really hoping that maybe a ticket will fall into our lap. we're going to be here for a while and we know she's in town for a while, so we'll see what happens. but sadly for superfans cassie and katy, all the wembley nights are sold—out, and ticket experts

are warning people to be careful because some tickets being sold online don't exist and it could leave fans disappointed and out of pocket. chi chi izundu, bbc news. the wreck of a ship that sank more than 200 years ago in one of the uk's worst maritime disasters has today been granted special protection by the government. captained byjohn wordsworth, the brother of the renowned romantic poet william wordsworth, the earl of abergavenny sank off the coast of weymouth in dorset in 1805 with the loss of over 200 people. from weymouth, our correspondent duncan kennedy reports. this is the story of tragedy, great riches, heroism and poetry. and it all revolves around this ship, the earl of abergavenny, that floundered in these waters off dorset more than 200 years ago. yes, this is the maritime gallery in here. david carter has spent a0 years diving on the wreck of the vessel. he says it was en route

from portsmouth to china when it hit a sandbank in a storm off the shores of weymouth. even by the standards of the day, just how big a tragedy was this? this was an enormous tragedy that went right across the country. 250 people died. it was human error. the conditions of the storm, of the night and everything coming together, causing the perfect storm. the earl of abergavenny was not only a revolutionary design, incorporating metal into its wooden frame, but the captain was someone special, too. the clue to his identity lies in these gold cufflinks with the initials jw. they stand forjohn wordsworth. he was the brother of william wordsworth, the renowned romantic poet. william's grief overjohn�*s death changed his poetry forever. the ship lies in soft of water about a mile off

the coast here in weymouth. but this isn't just a story about a huge loss of life. the vessel was also carrying 62 chests of silver bullion, worth around £7 million in today's money. the bullion has been lost to antiquity, but these artefacts have been recovered from a wreck that has today been given special protected status. the personal clutched from the perils of the deep. why is it important to remember this ship? this vessel is the finest and largest of the east india company ships, and the scheduling will enable it to be protected. it is quite unique. the government has worked with historic england to create this protected status. it means people can still dive on the wreck but must leave its contents in place. a unique submerged exhibit held by the waves for posterity. duncan kennedy, bbc

news, in weymouth. indonesia is set to hold its first major event at what will be its new capital city this weekend. presidentjoko widodo wants to replace jakarta, which he says is polluted, overcrowded and sinking into the ground, with a new modern economic hub called nusantara, built from scratch in the rainforests of borneo. but the project, which is one of the most ambitious of its kind in history, has been dogged by setbacks, lack of investment and the firing of top officials. nick marsh was invited by the indonesian government to take a look. in the heart of one of asia's last great rainforests, indonesia's president wants to carve out a new future for his country — a green, smart megacity, bigger than london, far from the chaos of jakarta and a homage to indonesia's ascent on the global stage. ambitious?

that's an understatement. and failure? well, that doesn't seem to be an option. if you said it's impossible for me, no, it's ambitious, but it's possible. the momentum is there. over the past two years, swathes ofjungle have been cleared to make way for new roads and buildings, wiping away the past and pushing indonesia towards modernity. it's only when you get here that you can see the sheer scale of this project. there's a sense of real excitement in indonesia. you can feel it. you can also feel the tension, though. by now, this place should have been ready to welcome its first residents. but only the very basics have been finished so far. the long—promised foreign investment needed to pay for it still hasn't materialised. the question some have asked is — does indonesia really need this? they're trophy cities, they're trophy projects that particular politicians want to have tied to their name and their legacy.

these projects are extremely costly to build, and when it comes to the benefit, the benefit goes mainly to big developers and the political elites that have clientelistic relationships to those big developers. right now, the only people who live here are the indigenous inhabitants of this land. thousands of people like dahlia have been told that they, like their rainforests, must make way for the sake of progress. translation: i'm - struggling to stay sane. i have no peace. i haven't even been paid for my land yet. where will my children grow up now? where will we live ? presidentjoko widodo paid a visit recently. this place is a totem to his ten years in charge of the world's fourth most—populous country. but he faces a race against time. his term comes to an end in october,

and the new president seems lukewarm on someone else's multi—billion dollar vision. this country will have to overcome more than politics, though. to pull this off, indonesia will have to defy history. nick marsh, bbc news, borneo. now it's time for a look at the weather. it's been quite a cloudy start to the day and a dank one across some southern areas. a lot of low cloud, some rain and drizzle, and as we go through the next few days, you will notice it will be cooler than it has been. there will be rain at times but equally sunshine, but it is looking dry with sunny spells for most as we head into this weekend. what we have at the moment is still quite a bit of cloud around, still some patchy rain, breaking up in places and as temperatures rise, that could spark a few showers. south—west england, wales, northern england and scotland, a lot of dry weather and a fair

bit of sunshine. 0ut towards the west, the cloud will continue to build and the wind will strengthen. temperatures 15—211, possibly a bit higher in the south if the cloud remains broken for longer. into this evening, still some residual cloud, some clear skies, but we have persistent rain coming in across scotland and also northern ireland. that will get into north—west england by the end of the night. it will be a milder night in the north compared to last night, and slightly cooler in the south compared to last night. we start tomorrow with that weather front bringing the persistent rain through scotland, northern ireland, northern england and eventually into wales. you can see from the isobars it will also be quite a blustery day, and the rain will continue to advance very slowly southwards and cloud building ahead of it. hanging on to the sunshine for the longest in the south—eastern corner. behind the rain, we see blustery showers, but bright and sunny spells across parts of scotland

and northern ireland too. temperatures down in the north, 15—18, but as we push further south, 20—26 will be the order of the day. eventually, that rain makes it into southern england, it could take its time to clear the channel and the far south—east, but to the north of that, there will be a lot of dry weather again, some sunshine around, at worst just bright spells, and out towards the north and west, again blustery showers. temperatures 14—25 north to south. as we head into the weekend, a lot of dry weather around, a fair bit of sunshine, temperatures about where we would expect them at this stage, but we could get some showery rain in the north—west on sunday.

live from london, this is bbc news. russia says that any peace negotiations with ukraine are a "non—starter" for the moment, as ukraine's offensive enters a second week. thailand's court removes prime minister srettha thavisin from office, for violating the constitution over a cabinet appointment. us envoy in beirut says there is "no more time to waste" on gaza ceasefire, and president biden believes a new deal could deter iran from attacking israel. devastation in greece following wildfires on the outskirts of athens, reports say

more than 100 buildings have been damaged. we hear from former england cricketer freddie flintoff, who's back on tv for the first time since a life—changing high—speed crash. welcome to the programme. i am at lewis vaughanjones. as ukraine's incursion into russia enters its second week, the governor of the russian border region of belgorod has declared a state of emergency, saying ukrainian shelling had made the situation there extremely difficult. president biden says ukraine's surprise offensive has created a real dilemma for president putin. ukraine's president zelensky says his country controls more than 70 communities in the kursk region of western russia, an area of about 1,000 square kilometres. this map shows just how rapid the advance has been in the past seven days, with ukraine claiming to have taken more territory in a week than russia has all year. russia says it has destroyed more than 100 ukrainian drones and four