sport and for a full round—up, from the bbc sport centre, before we speak about that visit to ukraine, let me bring you a couple of lines of breaking news. if you are with us earlier, you know that robert f kennedy has quit the presidential race as an independent candidate. in doing so, he has thrown his support behind former president trump, but, of course, from a kennedy family, there has been some surprise shock and some anger at his decision to endorse former president trump. they denounced their brother's decision to endorse mr trump. i will bring that statement to you because they

say, "we wanted america filled with hope and bound together by a shared vision of a brighter future. hope and bound together by a shared vision of a brighterfuture. a future defined by an individual freedom, promising national pride." they say, "we believe in harris tim walz. our brother's decision today is a betrayal and for values our family holds most dear. it is a sad ending to a sad story. that is signed by five of his siblings. chris kennedy and lori kennedy. criticism and some anger there that their brother has decided to endorse former president trump. we will talk about what it means for that presidential race in november. the vote of course in november and just a moment. the same time, to las vegas, that is where former president trump is speaking right now. he's got busy schedule this week. on stage there in las vegas.

he will then be in the arizona key battleground states ahead of that election in november. so we are going to stay across. if there is anything to bring you from that speech there in las vegas, we will bring it to you. a busy hour here and bbc news. let's get all the bbc sports news. here's mark edwards. to cricket and england are in the driving seat after the third day of their first test against sri lanka at old trafford, an all round performance from the hosts with jamie smith completing his maiden test century before the bowlers did the damage to leave sri lanka 82 runs ahead but with just four wickets remaning. joe wilson was at old trafford for us while england's immediate task is to try to win the test match. the broader aim is to build a side capable of winning the ashes. jamie smith fits the bill in both regard. he was so technically correct, so composed in making his first test match hundred for england here, i

think everyone believes there will be many, many more. well, smith's innings in particular enabled england to build the first innings lead of 122. sri lanka's second innings began like the first, with a collapse. they were revived by angela matthews, saving his very best cricket, it seems, for england. and much younger mendez, a real significant partnership for them to stop only really afternoon early evening when england took a couple of wickets, including angela matthews did their confidence return. still work to be done for england in this test match, and who knows, the weather may still play a part. sri lanka still battling. it's also day two of the first test between hosts, pakistan and bangladesh in rawalpindi. good batting conditions had seen pakistan declare on 448—6 after day one, while the tourists ended the day on 316 for five. bangladesh trailing by 132 runs with five wickets remaining.

world number one, nelly korda has a three—shot lead after a blemish—free 68 in the second round of the women's open at st andrews. the american is eight—under for the week with england's charley hull — who led after round one — and defending champion lilia vu her closest challengers on five under. jane dougall was at the old course in scotland to round up the action. it's been a very impressive second day from the american, she beat out just one shot from the overnight leader charlie hall, but then he showed why she is the world number one with a flawless second round with four birdies for the american. she birdied the 17th and 18th and then on the back nine went on to bertie the fifth and the ninth, meaning that nelly korda is on 804. the tournament and tops of the leaderboard. england's charlie hall is still very much in contention. she was the overnight leader but has

dropped several shots on her second round. she's three shots back on five under after a very up and down day. also in the mix for this woman's open is the defending champion, america's billy abu. she finished on 500 as well. and it is safe to say that she will make the predicted cuts, which at the moment is for over. it is going to take some doing to catch the american, nelly korda. quick word on the bmw championship in denver colorado. adam scott tops the leaderboard thanks to shooting a course record of 63. he's currently five strokes clear of swedens alex noren on 13 under par. manchester city have completed the signing of former captain ilkay gundogan from barcelona on an initial one—year deal. the german midfielder was pep guardiola's first signing at the club in 2016 and won on 14 trophies in 304 appearances beforejoining barcelona

on a free transfer last year. of course, he's not a teenager any more, but there is a reason why we decide the chance to do it is the way he played last season. he knows what were going to do. he doesn't need to adapt. he knows the city, he knows the club and the place. he would be immediately settled, and that's why we do it and why we did it. and that's all the sport for now. thank you very much, we will see you a little later. thank you. india's narendra modi has urged president zelensky to enter peace talks with russia to end the war. on a visit to kyiv — mr modi said, he would act as a "friend" — to try to bring about a truce. last month president zelensky criticised the prime minister for visiting vladmir putin in moscow, on the day that dozens of people were killed in ukraine, in russian missile strikes,

including on a children's hospital. translation: we have stayed away from the war with great conviction. l this does not mean we were indifferent. we were not neutral from day one. we have taken a side and we will stand firmly for peace. in the past hour, the white house has said president biden has spoken to president zelensky to announce a new military aid package for ukraine. a statement says mr biden reaffirmed to mr zelensky america's... "unwavering support for the people of ukraine" in its war with russia. he says "the package includes air defense missiles to protect ukraine's critical infrastructure; counter—drone equipment and anti—armor missiles to defend against russia's evolving tactics on the battlefield." with me now is dr mridula ghosh, associate professor at national university of kyiv mohyla academy.

thank you for being with us. talk to me first of all about that meeting. you are at the conference today, of course, where mr zelinski and mr modi met with each other. what did you make of that meeting? weill. modi met with each other. what did you make of that meeting? well, the meat -- the — you make of that meeting? well, the meat -- the meeting _ you make of that meeting? well, the meat -- the meeting was _ you make of that meeting? well, the meat -- the meeting was a _ you make of that meeting? well, the meat -- the meeting was a great - you make of that meeting? well, the i meat -- the meeting was a great show meat —— the meeting was a great show of diplomacy, because the visit brought some products. == of diplomacy, because the visit brought some products.- brought some products. -- a zelinski- _ brought some products. -- a zelinski. the _ brought some products. -- a zelinski. the overnight - brought some products. —— a zelinski. the overnight memorandums in the area of pharmaceuticals, agricultural products community development. — agricultural products community development, and _ agricultural products community development, and also - agricultural products community development, and also the - agricultural products community i development, and also the cultural cooperation. you can see those areas where they have maximum agreement between the countries instead of, you know, getting into the harder areas. it might be there had been discussions because of composition of delegation and the national security adviser, the prime minister travelling together signifies the visit. i therefore think that it is

a very important landmark that has happened. and also the joint declaration, a 34, 32 point declaration, it is very nicely put which clearly states in mature language, and i believe ukraine's independence is making progress, i would say, the expectations that they would be a mediator, immediately bring peace and there would be some very radical developments might not have taken place, but it is evolving. mr developments might not have taken place, but it is evolving.— place, but it is evolving. mr modi sa in: he place, but it is evolving. mr modi saying he would _ place, but it is evolving. mr modi saying he would try _ place, but it is evolving. mr modi saying he would try and - place, but it is evolving. mr modi saying he would try and act - place, but it is evolving. mr modi saying he would try and act as . place, but it is evolving. mr modi saying he would try and act as a i saying he would try and act as a friend, as you say, a mediator, someone who could bring both sides together. but there has been critical to the criticism that modi met with putin in moscow on the day that there was a russian air strike

on key targets in ukraine. yes. that there was a russian air strike on key targets in ukraine. yes, but that targeted _ on key targets in ukraine. yes, but that targeted air _ on key targets in ukraine. yes, but that targeted air strike _ on key targets in ukraine. yes, but that targeted air strike was - on key targets in ukraine. yes, but that targeted air strike was not - that targeted air strike was not planned, and prime minister modi never knew about it and he was visibly upset about it and he pointed out to president put in the next day that especially innocent people die, innocent children, it is heart breaking. so i think that incident has already been revisited by most people all over the world seeing this. and one of the reasons for mr modi refocusing his attention to ukraine and also together with poland demonstrates there is a political shift taking place in india's focus towards eastern europe as well. ., ~ india's focus towards eastern europe as well. . ~ a, india's focus towards eastern europe as well. . ~ ., ., , as well. can mr modi navigate this line down the _ as well. can mr modi navigate this line down the middle? _ as well. can mr modi navigate this line down the middle? some - as well. can mr modi navigate this line down the middle? some may| as well. can mr modi navigate this i line down the middle? some may say he wants the benefits of both relationships, our relationship with president putin of russia and a

relationship with president zelensky. can he have it? does he need to pick a side? it is zelensky. can he have it? does he need to pick a side?— need to pick a side? it is not a trade-off- _ need to pick a side? it is not a trade-off. it _ need to pick a side? it is not a trade-off. it does _ need to pick a side? it is not a trade-off. it does not - need to pick a side? it is not a trade-off. it does not this - need to pick a side? it is not a trade-off. it does not this way need to pick a side? it is not a i trade-off. it does not this way or trade—off. it does not this way or the highway, you know? so my perspective from my analysis i would say that it is a little bit of a decoupling from russia and that is already taking place. this visit already taking place. this visit already proves to some extent. there can be events that further happened that let us say there is something taking place and let's wait for what it brings us more. do taking place and let's wait for what it brings us more.— it brings us more. do you think he can convince _ it brings us more. do you think he can convince either— it brings us more. do you think he can convince either side _ it brings us more. do you think he can convince either side to - it brings us more. do you think hej can convince either side to change their position here? how would he achieve success? he says he wants to be a friend, he wants to bring about a truce, how will that happen? ithuiith a truce, how will that happen? with ukrainian army _ a truce, how will that happen? tn ukrainian army going into the a truce, how will that happen? ii�*u ukrainian army going into the kursk region, ukraine has its own strategy to end the war and mr zelensky already said a number of times, i was at a press conference where he

said this that we want to just have peace, sustainable peace, that was also mentioned that the joint declaration. he has mentioned that there is just peace, declaration. he has mentioned that there isjust peace, long—term peace and comprehensive peace. there are three objectives added to it. realize three ob'ectives added to it. really aood to three objectives added to it. really aood to net three objectives added to it. really good to get your — three objectives added to it. really good to get your insight. _ three objectives added to it. really good to get your insight. thank you doctor, associate professor at the national university of kyiv. thank you. national university of kyiv. thank ou. ., ~' national university of kyiv. thank ou. ., ~ , ., around the world and across the uk. this is bbc news.

as energy prices continue to be a concern for consumers in many countries, the uk energy regulator ofgem has announced that its price cap will increase by ten per cent from the first of october. it means an average household in england, scotland, and wales will pay an extra 149 pounds a year — although prices will still be lower than last winter. ofgem says rising prices in the international energy market, because of heightened political

tensions and extreme weather, our cost of living correspondent colletta smith reports. today's news of an energy bill rise isn't going down well with chloe. everything is too expensive. and your rent, i am just living. it is too much, we are just fed up with it. like millions of people who rely on benefits, last winter chloe and joshua got extra cost of living payments, but there is no extra help planned this winter. where are you going to find the £150 if wages and benefits are not going up, you are not getting extra help, how are you supposed to pay for it? from october a typical bill go up from £149 a year, but if you use more, you will pay more. gas unit prices are increasing from sp to 6p per kilowatt hour and electricity is going up from 22p

to 24p per unit you use. more providers are starting to offer fixed tariffs which will give you more certainty, but won't necessarily work out cheaper than the standard price cap rate across the year, so make sure you do the maths first. the rise will be hit within the last three months of this year because the price of global gas has fluctuated loads in the last few months. so the amount your supplier has had to pay for energy has gone up and they are passing the cost on to us. we will be doing everything we can, working with the regulator, working with the suppliers to remind them of their responsibilities to the most vulnerable in our society. and this government will leave no stone unturned. after coming under a lot of pressure to scrap daily standing charges, the regulator has also said today it will make a final decision on that by the end of the year. the truth is, there is no silver bullet. as a regulator we cannot make costs disappear,

we can make them move from one part of the bill to the other. nothing will change before this rise, though. this winter will feel tough for millions. the government has removed the £300 winter fuel payment for the vast majority of pensioners, except for those on pension credit. last night i had this wrapped over me. sylvia and billy are just above the threshold for the pension credit top up, so they are losing their winter fuel payment. last year was really scary, but we did get the help last year. but we still felt the cold. it is hard work sometimes, your fingers are freezing and you cannot do nothing. we shouldn't have to do that now, when we have worked and paid our taxes all this time and we are still paying taxes on our little bit of pension.

and now this has happened and it is really frightening. despite billy's parkinson's, they are determined not to be beaten. we are going to keep warm, aren't we, billy? colletta smith, bbc news. joining me now is grace millman. she's a senior energy analyst at the organisation regen. good to have you with us. anything going on by 10% is a lot, but particularly when we talk about energy bills. most people can't do without. ~ , ,., , energy bills. most people can't do without. ~ , , �*, energy bills. most people can't do without. , ., _ without. absolutely. it's obviously extreme the _ without. absolutely. it's obviously extreme the concerning. - without. absolutely. it's obviously extreme the concerning. it's - without. absolutely. it's obviously extreme the concerning. it's not l without. absolutely. it's obviously l extreme the concerning. it's not the first time we've heard these words in the last few years. everyone has felt the pinch of increasing energy bills as well as other costs in our life, but there are members of our canoe unity who are feeling this more than others. it's expected that this energy bill increase will push around 400,000 more people into fuel poverty, bringing the total crossing than wales and scotland to 6 million

households, on top of that, we are in the largest energy debt that we've been in with customers all weighing over £3 billion. deeply concerning and absolutely no one fix. their short—term things that need to be done in long—term things that need to be done to fix this and to prevent this from again. the timin: to prevent this from again. the timing couldn't _ to prevent this from again. the timing couldn't have been worse for this rise, given that the new labour government has just scrap that winter fuel payment for pensioners unless they are eligible for something like pension credit. so people will lose money at the same time that bills are going up. absolutely. and we really need to some short term targeted financial support for these households. and that was probably the people who are on low incomes, maybe have families, those that are in the house a lot or maybe even housebound. and as you said in your previous section, this

is about the amount of energy you use as well. it could go up higher than £149 if you use more electricity than the average household.— electricity than the average household. . �* , , �* household. that's the thing, isn't it? this is — household. that's the thing, isn't it? this isjust _ household. that's the thing, isn't it? this is just the _ household. that's the thing, isn't it? this is just the average - household. that's the thing, isn't i it? this isjust the average number. so you might find your individual bill goes up even more. talk to me about the things that could change because the regulator says there are issues around the world, reliance on international gas markets that are causing this spike. are they all external factors that we are at the whim of? , ., , external factors that we are at the whimof? , , , whim of? this has been caused directly by _ whim of? this has been caused directly by this _ whim of? this has been caused directly by this country's - whim of? this has been caused . directly by this country's continued independence on oil and gas, which as you say is very sensitive to geopolitical tension and the overall global price of oil and gas. so what we need to do, the only long—term fix to this issue is to move our energy system out away from oil and gas and towards renewables. that way we will be dependent on our home—grown clean renewable energy and not from international markets which come as you said is exposed to

those kind of foot prices, geopolitical tensions, we need to make sure that we are protecting our people of this country by having british clean renewable energy. and labour have been very supportive of that in the last few weeks and months. ~ ~' ., that in the last few weeks and months. ~ ~ ., ., .,~ , that in the last few weeks and months. ~ ., ., .,~ ., months. we know that takes a long time to come _ months. we know that takes a long time to come online, _ months. we know that takes a long time to come online, don't - months. we know that takes a long time to come online, don't be? - months. we know that takes a long time to come online, don't be? byl time to come online, don't be? by the time you build these offshore wind farms, by the time you build more solar, it doesn't take a long —— it takes a long time, it doesn't tell people this winter, does it? unfortunately you are right there. it is a long—term investment, but what we want to aim for his short—term financial support for the households that are feeling this the most, but what we want to do is prevent the situation from happening again. we don't want this to happen as a cycle every year where we get an energy bill increase in government have to provide targeted support. we want to prevent this from happening again in the way in which to do that is that long—term

investment in renewable energy, creating an energy system which is secure and reliable and cheap as well for the people of this country. grace, good to talk to. thank you. if you've ever seen the mass of abandoned tents and other cast—offs, you'll know that music festivals have a sustainability challenge. now the band massive attack are trying to change that. at their latest gig in bristol, fans will only be able to buy vegan food, while the concert itself will be solely powered by batteries. david sillito has more — and a warning this report contains flashing images # love, love is a verb. # love is a doing word. clifton downs, high above bristol, and preparations for a festival with a difference. no cars, no diesel, no rubbish. bristol's trip—hop superstars massive attack are trying to prove there's a better way of doing big outdoor events. it's always a big deal

to play on your home turf, yeah, so it's a big deal for us, yeah. you're making it special. leaving this gig as a legacy to our history of the city, our performances in the city would be the best thing we can offer. fans have been told to leave cars at home and come by train, but that only takes you so far. you have to get up to the site as well. you can walk, but it's quite a trek and almost all of it uphill. however, you could try cycling. i said try! however, there is an alternative that's easier on your legs than a long walk or cycle up the hill — a bus. an electric bus. hello, simon. how many buses are you putting on? we are putting on 39 fully electric buses. that's a lot for one gig. yes, but people tend to leave at the same time. they don't want to be waiting for three hours to leave, yeah.

thank you very much. and on site, it's like a green laboratory, a battery—powered green laboratory. it weighs 40 tonnes. that's a lot of battery. dale vince knows festivals well. in the �*80s, he was what was known as a new age traveller. he's now a renewable energy tycoon. it's the first time an event this big, 30,000 people, has been entirely powered by batteries. why can't you just plug it into the mains? because there is no mains here. that is the fundamental problem of outdoor events. 12 million litres of diesel burnt annually in our country to power outdoor events. but this is about more than just cars and power. this is what most festivals look like when everyone has gone home. here, they are hoping... no rubbish. this stuff that is normally thrown on the ground, you can just put it on the compost heap? you can. and what about all the cups that are always left behind? the cups are reusable. they're made from a reusable vessel which you can take back and wash and reuse again and again.

and the fans? well, the two we had a chat to were all for it, but there is an issue — getting home. we have had to book a hotel and then get a train back on monday. evie is from cornwall, jess, liverpool. can you get back on sunday night? definitely not with how late it is, so i have to get a place to stay. gwr is laying on five extra late—night local trains, but after midnight... it's really difficult to do after midnight to ensure that network rail have the ability to do the engineering work that they need. they need to do the maintenance? they absolutely do. and this is just a fraction of everything they're trying. for the band, who have long had a passion for these issues, this is way more than just another gig. this is just something that we love doing, and it's our bit to help, really. the only time you will know it has really worked is when you walk on stage in front of 34,000 people and the lights come on and the music works properly.

the only time we'll know it's worked is when we walk off stage and there have been no power cuts. this experiment has, by its very virtue of being here, is hopefully going to create some activity, because it's a sector which has a lot to say about climate change, but unfortunately, it's not doing much about it. in the same vein, here's some pictures for you from finland. the final of the world air guitar world championships has been taking place. nine would—be fingersmiths from around the world wielded invisible guitars to a range of rock classics. the competition has been held annually since 1996 to promote world peace. rock on. see you soon. hello. over the last 24 hours, storm lilian has brought us weather that felt more like autumn than august. the storm has now cleared, but things do stay quite unsettled through this weekend. rather windy, not as windy

as it has been, though. some heavy rain at times, but some spells of sunshine in between. there goes storm lilian. it has been clearing away rapidly northeastwards during today. we've been in a window of somewhat drier weather, albeit with some showers, but further frontal systems approaching from the southwest, most notably this one here, bringing cloud and heavy rain across southern england, clipping into the south midlands and southeast wales as we go through the night. cooler, fresher but still rather showery conditions further north and west. but here at least there should be some sunny spells to start saturday morning. not so across the southern counties of england into the midlands, southeast wales, some heavy and persistent rain and in spots to the southeast of london, there is this met office yellow warning because some places could see up to 70mm of rain in the very wettest locations. that could cause some localised flooding and some travel disruption. that rain struggling to clear, i think it should clear around orjust after lunchtime, but some hefty, thundery downpours following on behind.

for wales, for northern england, northern ireland, scotland, a mix of sunny spells and showers for much of the day, but those temperatures — a little bit disappointing to say the least, well below the average for this time of year. now, into sunday, another little frontal system pushes in from the west, so that'll pep up the rain again across parts of northern ireland, central and southern scotland, parts of northern england into wales, the north of scotland perhaps not faring too badly, with some sunshine, staying largely dry down towards the south. a windy day on sunday, not quite as windy as it has been, though, and those temperatures maybe just recovering a little bit north to south — 14—20 degrees will cover it for most of us. and then into monday, which is a bank holiday for the majority. this probably looks like the driest day of the long weekend. some spells of sunshine, a bit of patchy cloud, some rain into western counties of northern ireland later on. temperatures of 14 to around 23 degrees. as we head through next week, actually, signs are that things will turn warmer for a time,

but always a greater chance of rain further north and west.

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