with train drivers about to vote on a new pay deal. the outbreak of mpox — formerly monkeypox — in parts of africa is declared a public health emergency of international concern. and limbering up in space — but just when and how will these astronauts get back to earth? on bbc london, the rise of car cloning — and stay with us here on bbc news for continuing coverage and analysis from our team of correspondents in the uk and around the world. good evening. ukraine says its troops in russia have progressed further and that they have now captured over 100 russian servicemen. it's the biggest foreign incursion into russia

since the second world war, and today saw the extraordinary sight of a ukrainian war correspondent reporting from inside russia. ukraine's incursion beganjust over a week ago and took moscow by complete surprise. despite claims of territorial gains, ukraine insists it is not interested in taking over russian territory. russia claims it has stopped any further advances. in a moment we'll hear from our russia editor, steve rosenberg, about how dangerous a moment this is for president putin. but first our ukraine correspondent, james waterhouse, joins us from the sumy region on the border with russia. there is something strange going on in ukraine. we are seeing president zelensky go from describing difficult circumstances on the front to have been very choreographed public briefings. he is almost

dictating proceedings, his terms for peace down the line, something russia has done until this point for the last part of its full—scale invasion. his logic is that this cross—border attack will bring peace closer but strangely it feels further away, closer but strangely it feels furtheraway, because closer but strangely it feels further away, because of the intense fighting that has broken out. nevertheless, this operation is continuing to gain western support. most recently from european allies. no border checkpoint on this crossing to russia. just a burnt out russian tank. a different assignment for ukrainian war reporter natalia nahorna. "this is a historic moment," she tells the camera in the city of sudzha. such a claim might be premature, but ukraine is talking up this land grab while it can. it's providing humanitarian aid and organising evacuations. there are even plans to set up military offices. but on the battlefield,

success always comes at a cost, as this injured soldier attests. translation: fear, adrenaline. you realise when you enter theirterritory, how much we have suffered, how much our women and children have suffered, but now it's their turn. the head of ukraine's armed forces is having even more regular meetings with the president. translation: since the beginning of today, troops have advanced - around i to 2km in some directions. after the body blow of losing territory, russia is now moving resources to try and take it back. as fighter bombers drop glide bombs on ukrainian forces on its own soil, kyiv today claimed to have shot one of them down. the su—34s are thought to be £30 million each. kyiv is trying to change the politics of this war by shaking up the fighting itself. it's certainly done the latter. james waterhouse, bbc

news, sumy region. it feels like ukraine's incursion is changing the equation. and putting the kremlin under pressure. a brief appearance today by president putin but no comment on the ukrainian assault, which his troops are struggling to repel. the russian military released these images, claiming to show it targeting ukrainian troops in kursk region. moscow blames the west, too, for the incursion. when it started in the united states, the main role was don't hold the bear. what the west is doing today, they are poking the bear. the public sense of shock is growing. "i feel incredible anxiety," yulia says. "as if my hands are tied because there is nothing i can do about this." "it's frightening to see the images

of people panicking," tatiana says. "people being evacuated." for some here, what is happening in southern russia is a wake—up call. over the last two and a half years, many russians have tried not to notice what is happening, to get on with their lives, to pretend that there is no war, but with what is happening now in southern russia, not noticing is no longer an option. especially here in kursk. "it is the air raid sirens," she says. "get inside, fast!" ukrainian soldiers haven't reached this city but no one here knows what lies ahead. tens of thousands of russians have fled the fighting in the border area. some have taken refuge in kursk. viera left home in such a rush, she had no time to pack. "i have nothing but the clothes on my back," she says. "i am looking for something warm."

the kremlin insists it will achieve its aims in this war. russians are wondering when. steve rosenberg, bbc news, moscow. this isn't the first incursion into russia's territory from ukraine since the war started in 2022, but it is the deepest and most sustained seen so far. bbc verify�*s olga robinson has been looking at the latest footage emerging. here at bbc verify, we have been analysing satellite imagery and the latest footage as ukraine continues to push further into russian territory. here's the latest assessment from the institute for the study of war, a us—based think tank. and you can see here on this map just how far ukrainian troops have reportedly advanced into russia over the past week. the furthest we have observed ukrainian troops within the kursk region is here, more than 28km.

that's 17 miles from the border. using satellite imagery, we have also been able to identify five locations where russia appears to be rapidly digging a network of trench lines. and we know these are new because the structures only began to appear in the days after ukraine crossed into the kursk region last tuesday. for instance, take a look at this satellite imagery from the day when the incursion started, compared with this one that was taken on the 14th of august. and you can clearly see here these structures were only built over the past week. we have also geolocated this video that shows the construction of one of these trenches. and you can see here the heavy machinery next to a long stretch of piled earth near a road not far from the kursk nuclear power plant. matthew saville, a military expert

with the uk—based rusi think tank, told us that the fact that the russians are building these trenches suggests they are concerned about further ukrainian advances. and so far, ukrainian troops are still miles away from those trenches. but our team will continue to monitorfor any advancements. let's join our russia editor steve rosenberg from moscow. we have seen their part of the response from russia but what could vladimir putin do next? i tell response from russia but what could vladimir putin do next?— vladimir putin do next? i tell you what he won't — vladimir putin do next? i tell you what he won't be _ vladimir putin do next? i tell you what he won't be doing _ vladimir putin do next? i tell you what he won't be doing next - vladimir putin do next? i tell you what he won't be doing next and| vladimir putin do next? i tell you - what he won't be doing next and that is picking up the phone and call in kyiv about this. senior russian officials said they were putting on hold the whole idea of peace talks, not that any negotiation had been scheduled. putin made clear what his priority is, to push the enemy out

of russian territory and he will throw resources at that in order to achieve that although what he will not want to do is redirect russian soldiers from eastern ukraine. i want to share something that happened earlier this morning. i was walking past the kremlin and there were some workers setting up for a concert or something, and suddenly on a large video screen, the edith pf classic, i regret nothing, started playing and echoed across red square. it was a really surreal moment and it made me think vladimir putin shows no sign of regret for his decision to invade ukraine, even though this war has now come to russia. ~ . , though this war has now come to russia. a, , ., ,, though this war has now come to russia. , ., ,, , russia. many thanks. steve rosenberg the 're russia. many thanks. steve rosenberg they're reporting _ russia. many thanks. steve rosenberg they're reporting from _ russia. many thanks. steve rosenberg they're reporting from moscow. - and for more on that story, here's faisal islam on newsnight on bbc two shortly. how will vladimir putin respond to the ukraine incursion? tonight we are speaking to a russian mp from

president putin's party and a former prime minister turned critic of the kremlin. all of this when the mod confirmed ukraine can use british arms on russian soil.— arms on russian soil. thank you, faisal islam- _ train drivers are to vote on a new deal aimed at ending the long—running pay dispute between drivers and train companies in england, the union aslef has announced. it could herald the end of industrial action which has spanned more than two years. our transport correspondent, katy austin, reports. after two years, 18 strikes and one change of government, the train drivers' bitter pay dispute is on the verge of resolution. union leaders arrived at the department for transport this morning for talks. by the end of the day, a new offer was on the table. the last offer, back in april 2023, was a 4% pay rise for each of the past two years, on condition that a list of changes were agreed to working arrangements, for example around training

and sunday working. they were a big sticking point. this new three—year offer includes slightly higher pay rises, a backdated 5% for 2022, then tapering down to 4.5% for this year. importantly, the conditions attached appear to have been dropped. members will vote on whether to accept it. it's a no—strings deal. it's a deal that resets industrial relations within the industry. it's a deal that will help us move on. it's the best deal that we believe we can achieve at this moment in time and we believe it's a deal that can resolve this dispute and we believe it's the right thing to do. the transport secretary louise haigh called it a breakthrough, accusing the previous government of dragging the strikes out. the conservatives argue that scrapping working practice reforms will lead to higher fares or taxes. if union members give it the green light, today's agreement could spell relief for many thousands of rail users and businesses affected by repeated industrial action. questions will be asked about how the wage rises will be funded.

katy austin, bbc news. the rate of inflation has risen slightly for the first time since december last year. it rose to 2.2% % in the year tojuly — up from 2% injune. the rise is lower than expected — and mainly driven by the cost of gas and electricity. it means that prices are still going up, but that increase is slower than it has been for much of the last couple of years. our chief economics correspondent, dharshini david, reports. that's my mum and dad there, in their younger years, and now me and my brother run it. yes, he does the magic downstairs, making the ice cream, and i make sure everything here is running smoothly. livia's family have owned this ice cream parlour and restaurant in hove since 1969, giving them the inside scoop on the highs and lows of inflation over the decades. this bout of higher costs has been particularly challenging. we've tried to keep our prices so that it's still attainable

to a lot of people, so we've put our prices up about 15%, so we've had to absorb some of the cost. we've still kept our, the size of our ice creams the same, because we want to be able to still give good value to people. a cone or cup? these figures reveal prices for services are rising more slowly, but while customers will still treat themselves to an ice cream, fewer are stretching to a full meal. the surge in the cost of living over the last few years has changed appetite. perfect. thank you. even things with like budget ranges and supermarkets, l like you might walk in one day and it's gone up— fairly significa ntly. it's always surprising to see how much less you get for your groceries when you're spending the same amount. watching individual specific items like go up and fluctuate. inflation is a long way down from its peak, but these numbers are a reminder that pressures

still remain in goods, but primarily in services, such as eating out or day trips. and that is why many think interest rates might be slower to come down than they were to go up. this is what the bank of england is keenly watching right now, when it's thinking what to do with interest rates. it cut rates in august. i think it probably won't do so again in september, but it's hinted that we could get further cuts later in the year. for when the bank sets interest rates, it takes a year or two to impact inflation. so it took until this spring for inflation to return to the 2% target in response to higher rates. and while the bank expects inflation to remain above that level for a few months, it still predicts those pressures will melt away further out. some prices are settling and with wages generally rising at a faster rate, figures tomorrow are likely to confirm the economy grew at a decent rate in early summer — a taste of improving fortunes.

the challenge is to make that last. dharshini david, bbc news, hove. the highly infectious disease, mpox, has been declared a global health emergency by the world health organisation. the disease, formerly known as monkeypox, has spread rapidly across central and east africa. our health correspondent, dominic hughes, joins me now. what else are they saying? this reall is what else are they saying? this really is the _ what else are they saying? ti 3 really is the highest level of alert that the world health organization can issue. it's on a par with what they did during covid, for example. and it represents a call to arms, to marshal resources, both medical, political and financial, to try and get a grip on this outbreak. that is what underpins this startling announcement, a really big rise in the number of cases. more than 14,000 the number of cases. more than 111,000 cases so far this year alone. that number outstrips all of the

cases in the year before and sadly, more than 520 deaths as well. most of those cases have been restricted to the democratic republic of congo, the drc, but what is really causing concern is that cases have also been seen now in at least 15 other countries. now, there was a global outbreak of mpox in 2022—23. there were more than 3000 cases in the uk alone, but we heard this week from the uk health security agency that they are monitoring the situation very carefully. there are no known cases in the uk at the moment, but they say they have the measures in place, the surveillance and the monitoring to make sure that should the time come, they are well prepared. the time come, they are well prepared-— the time come, they are well --reared. ., ~ ,, , . prepared. thank you very much, dominic. a woman from cheshire has been jailed for 15 months after suggesting on social media that a mosque "should be blown up with the adults inside". 53—year—old julie sweeney made the comments on facebook after the violence that followed the southport stabbings. elsewhere, a man who kicked a female police officer to the ground during disturbances in hull has been

jailed for three years. during connor whiteley�*s sentencing, the judge said prosecutors should look at charging those who had "front and central roles" in the trouble with the more serious offence of rioting. a fresh round of talks on a gaza ceasefire deal are due to begin in qatar tomorrow — with israel confirming that it will send negotiators. diplomacy is being stepped up in the region, but hamas — the group which runs gaza — has said it won't attend the talks. there are fears of escalating tensions right across the middle east, as iran has vowed to avenge the assassination last month of hamas' leader in its capital, tehran. iran also provides backing to hamas in gaza, and to the militant group hezbollah in lebanon. israel won't confirm its involvement in the hamas leader's death. our correspondent lucy williams reports from jerusalem.

in gaza, peace is for the dead, not the living — not for faras and his five siblings, laying their father to rest today in khan younis. majid baraka was killed in israeli artillery strikes, they said, as he went to help the wounded. "we were just sitting around," faras said, "he was playing with us. "when the first strike happened, he went to rescue people. in the second strike, he was killed." but this push for a ceasefire is being driven by events outside gaza, by israel's growing conflict with hezbollah in lebanon, by threats of iranian retaliation for the assassination of key hamas and hezbollah leaders. a ceasefire in gaza could prevent regional war. the deal would also help enable a diplomatic resolution here in lebanon, and that would prevent an outbreak of a wider war.

we have to take advantage of this window for diplomatic action and diplomatic solutions. that time is now. since the last ceasefire negotiations, the stakes involved in a deal have grown, but so have the sticking points. benjamin netanyahu says the wrong deal would harm israel's security. his critics say it would also harm his governing coalition and that mr netanyahu is protecting himself. the prime minister wants israeli troops to keep control of gaza's southern border and to filter unarmed civilians moving back to the north. hamas says these are new demands and that the time for negotiation is over. there are also disputes over israeli hostages and palestinian prisoners and over conditions for resuming the war. a former israeli negotiator says outsiders are driving this deal. it seems that the mediators, the united states, egypt and qatar, have decided that they need

to change the rules of the game, put an ultimatum on the table, put a bridging proposal on the table and tell hamas and israel that they have to do it. it is obvious that the mediators want the agreement more than the parties do, and that is a big part of the problem. these talks have been billed as the last chance for a deal. the price of failure will be paid by the hostages, by the region, by teenagers like faras. success may depend on the leaders of israel and hamas risking their own political survival. lucy williamson, bbc news, jerusalem. in the us, a police officer has appeared in court charged with the murder of a pregnant woman in ohio. bodycam video of last year's fatal encounter showed police approaching 21—year—old ta'kiya young in her car and attempting to stop her from driving away so they could question her about alleged shoplifting. our north america correspondent john sudworth has more.

out of the car. for what? they said you stole stuff, do not leave. while one officer speaks to ta'kiya young through her car window, the other stands in front with his gun drawn and she begins to drive slowly forward. get out of the bleep car. gunshot get out of the car! shots fired! stop the goddamn car! the car, now out of control, drifts on, the bullet has pierced the windscreen and the driver's chest, leaving her and her unborn child dying inside. almost one year on, amid heightened scrutiny of police violence against black people in america, the officer who fired the fatal shot, connor grubb, has appeared in court to be formally charged with murder. he pleaded not guilty. footage from inside a nearby store taken shortly before the shooting shows ta'kiya young, allegedly shoplifting bottles of alcohol.

a minor crime that's prompted public anger over what protesters and her family see as a vastly disproportionate police response. do you want connor grubb to go to prison for the rest of his life? yes, she doesn't have any life and her baby doesn't have any life. so, yeah, that would be justice for me and our family and her boy. but at the scene of the shooting, connor grubb could be heard on his body camera. she tried to run me over. saying he thought his life was in danger. and his police union has called the case against him politically motivated. he has been granted bail while ta'kiya young leaves two surviving sons. more lives changed forever in a litany of such cases. convictions are even rarer. and while charges against the police are rare, convictions are even rarer. john sudworth, bbc news. the scottish government is introducing emergency spending controls and it's understood that a number of projects will now be cut.

ministers today confirmed an end to universal winter fuel payments for scottish pensioners, in line with the change in england. let's speak to our scotland editor, james cook, who's in glasgow. what more do we expect? reeta, i think the concern is that we might expect quite a lot more in the way of cuts. the finance secretary shona robison sent a blunt and pretty alarming letter to her fellow ministers today saying that money could only be spent in certain circumstances, if there were the legal requirement to do so for essential support in emergencies and to prevent significant economic damage across scotland. the scottish government say this is a direct result of decisions taken by the labour government at westminster, which have a knock—on in the scottish government's budget. economists here in glasgow say that is partly true, but it would be

"unfair" to blame it all on that. they note that the scottish government is, forever, choosing to fund some public sector pay rises. in the background to all of this, reeta, is of course an argument about the wider economic picture. the scottish government, the snp, say the westminster economic model is clearly broken, was broken under the conservatives, remains broken under labour and both labour and the conservatives are saying in fact, scotland is well out of that model, pointed to figures out today suggesting that public spending for and in scotland is £2400 per person higher than the uk average. james cook there- _ new analysis shows that the huge six tonne altar stone at the heart of stonehenge came from the far north east of scotland rather than wales as previously thought. the discovery reveals that the ancient monument in salisbury in wiltshire was built from stones from all parts of great britain — suggesting that neolithic britain was far more connected than previously thought. here's our science

correspondent, pallab ghosh. it's one of the most famous prehistoric monuments in the world, and also one of the most mysterious. why was stonehenge built in south—west england 5,000 years ago, and what was it used for? what we do know is that the giant outer stones are probably sourced locally from england. the inner blue stones are from wales, and we now know that the central altar stone is from north—eastern scotland and not from wales, as once thought. the irony is that the discovery was made by a young welshman. he still remembers being brought to the site as a one—year—old in 1992. i remember coming with my dad and being on his shoulders and looking over at the stones, so it's nice to kind of come full circle and make this discovery at somewhere so special to me. how do you think it'll go down in wales? i'm not sure they'll ever talk to me again! it's a loss for wales, no doubt. but wales has contributed so many

rocks to this monument, i'm sure scotland can have one. anthony analysed the rock and discovered it had a unique date and composition. in thejournal nature, he said it could only have come from the far north of scotland, here in the orcadian basin, which includes caithness, orkney and moray firth. so this is the altar stone, the heart of stonehenge, now partially buried. it's one of the larger stones here, at around six tonnes. the big question is how on earth it was transported from north—east scotland, and why the people back then thought it was so important to bring it all this way. what does this say about neolithic society in britain? well, it certainly implies great social connections and sophistication. and i think we've got to remember that these people were just like us, in a wax _ you know, they were just as clever, but they had different technologies. but to bring a stone of this

size all the distance from what we now call scotland was really quite something. the new discovery has changed the story of stonehenge and those that built it. the tale is now of a people across great britain who were more interconnected and advanced than previously thought. pallab ghosh, bbc news, stonehenge. nasa has confirmed two american astronauts stranded on the international space station may have to stay there for at least eight months. sunita williams and barry wilmore have already spent two months in space after a planned eight day mission ran into technical problems. so when and how will these astronauts get back to earth? they were meant to be back on earth for the olympics, but had to get into the spirit on the international space station without knowing when they will be back. we've had an absolute blast pretending to be olympic athletes. three, two, one. they launched injune on a test

to see how the spacecraft performs. it was meant to last eight days, but issues with the thrusters on their boeing starliner mean they are now stuck. the question is, can they return safely on that same spacecraft, or come back on a rocket owned by rival company spacex, planned for february? that is not without risk. their spacesuits are not fit for spacex flights and they would have to return unsuited. let's go forward into starliner. a decision is expected at the end of the month and in the meantime, nasa says both astronauts are doing great and, as veterans as veterans of space, are well prepared for unexpected scenarios.

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to riots here, what can or should the british government do?