hello, i'm carl nasman. welcome to the programme. we start with the war in ukraine — wherejust moments ago witnesses in kyiv have reported explosions and its being reported that a russian ballistic missile has struck a hotel in the city of kryvyi rih in the dnipro—petrovsk region. pictures released on monday evening from the kyiv post show the devasation. it's believed that the hotel was filled with civilians. it comes after russia launched what ukraine calls the biggest air attack yet against the country. at least 6 people have been killed after russia fired around 200 missiles and drones at energy and water facilities ukrainian officials say 15 regions were attacked in the strikes. the cities that were hit include kharkiv and zaporizhzhia. moscow says it is targeting

facilities which support kyiv�*s military. and a shortwhile ago, us presidentjoe biden condemned russia's attacks saying that the us will now surge energy equipment to ukraine to repair its infrastructure and aid the country's war efforts. the bbc�*s nick beake sent this report from ukraine. the first strikes came in the early hours, crudely curtailing a long weekend of ukrainian independence day celebrations. this missile just missed a power station near the capital, kyiv. the ukrainian defenders shot down what they could. "i got it", this soldier exclaims. but one in five missiles did get through. russia said it successfully targeted energy infrastructure. olha's brother was killed on the zaporizhzhia land he had farmed all his life. translation: i was very scared because of the explosion. - i was shaking. and then i saw him, and i couldn't recognise him.

near the city of dnipro lives and livelihoods extinguished. president zelenskyy argued that a collective effort had protected israel from aerial attack and called on western allies to do more to shoot down russian missiles and drones. translation: it was one of| the biggest combined strikes. more than 100 missiles of various types, and about 100 iranian drones. in various ukrainian regions we could have done more in order to protect life if aircraft of our european neighbours had worked together with our f—16 jets and air defence. the missiles also hit this region, sumy, which borders russia. it was from here the ukrainians launched their surprise incursion three weeks ago, going in and then seizing russian territory. that undoubtedly gave ukraine a big morale boost, but today has been a jolting, nationwide reminder of what russia is capable of.

and the kremlin suggested more punishment for the recent incursion into russian soil was still to come. translation: such hostile actions cannot remain - without an appropriate response. there will definitely be a response. but ukraine, under great pressure on the home front, is on the attack, sending its own drones into russia, hitting the city of saratov and urging the west to allow it to strike further and harder. nick beake, bbc news, in the sumy region, ukraine. a quick update on the situation we heard about those explosions from eyewitnesses, the ukrainian military reporting and defence systems have been engaged in repelling a russian air attack in the region and we will bring you more on that story. the united nations is halting aid operations in gaza following a new israeli

evacuation order in the centre of the territory. the evacuation orders cover parts of the israeli—designated humanitarian zone in and around the central town of deir al—balah, where the un has its main operations centre. however, an official stressed that un agencies would not be leaving gaza and were now trying to find somewhere to operate safely. jon donnison has the latest on the fallout, from jerusalem. after that dramatic escalation on sunday, things seem to have quite and down a bit. is rao military says it has carried out some strikes on hezbollah targets in southern lebanon in the past 2a hours but certainly the past 2a hours but certainly the level of cross—border we saw in the early hours of sunday morning seems to have quite and down. what are the main body saying? hezbollah for its part says the first phase of its operation to retaliate for the killing of that senior

commander fuad shukr says the first phase has now ended. for israel's part benjamin netanyahu, the prime minister says that this was just the beginning and he wanted to change the game in the north. change the game in terms of the situation in the north of israel and of course you have tens of thousands of people on both sides of the border, living in close to the border area who have been displaced now for many, many months. there will be increased diplomacy i imagine this week to try and ensure this does not flare up into something much more dangerous and a lot of this is tied to the ongoing diplomacy to try and get a ceasefire deal in gaza. we still have officials from qatar and egypt working in cairo to

progress with a ceasefire and hostage release deal for gaza between israel and hamas but to between israel and hamas but to be honest those talks do not really seem to be going anywhere despite intense to pull maddick pressure especially from the united states — like diplomatic pressure and the us has said that due to coming things down in the north of israel's northern border with lebanon is getting a ceasefire deal in gaza but that does not seem to be in the kites at the moment we have to wait and see, both sides say they do not want a full—scale war but both sides say they are ready for it. people in gaza are also facing an increased threat of disease. unicef says more than i million doses of the polio vaccine have now arrived in the territory. it plans to vaccinate more than 645,000 palestinian children with the help of other agencies.

0fficials found the first case of polio in gaza in a quarter century, after traces of the virus were found in wastewater samples. some health experts link the outbreak to gaza's sanitation situation. these images show how water on parts of gaza's main coastline have turned brown over the last couple months. local officials say displaced people are sending sewage directly into the sea. israeli officials have told the bbc a dedicated taskforce is working to improve the sewage system in gaza. live now to noura erakat — a human rights attorney and a professor at rutgers university. i want to start with the news that the united nations is pausing aid operations in gaza. this is just temporary. what effect will that have on the palestinian population there? i think the effect it will have is just exacerbating the devastation we have already seen, as you have rightfully

noted that there is a polio outbreak. it is a preventable disease, it can be prevented and has been prevented through the provision of vaccines and is now spreading because of contaminated water not least because of pouring waste water into the sea but because israeli forces have directly targeted water sources of palestinians as part of a broader campaign to make gaza unlivable, to depopulated the strip and annihilate the civilian population and to make space better for them to resettle as they see fit. this is why in late january the international court ofjustice warned the world but what they have already seen in the first free months was tantamount to a plausible genocide which triggered a duty to prevent genocide and punish its perpetration, since then now on day 325 the devastation has

only gotten worse. the accountability has gotten worse, even after another advisory opinion from the international court ofjustice dimmed the entirety of israel's presence in the territory as not lawful... presence in the territory as not lawful. . ._ not lawful... just to say we don't have _ not lawful... just to say we don't have an _ not lawful... just to say we don't have an israel - don't have an israel spokesperson but the idf has refuted those claims and pushback against a lot of court rulings and separately target military targets and their goal is to wipe out hamas, not to depopulated. is to wipe out hamas, not to dep°pulated-_ is to wipe out hamas, not to depopulated. with all respect, it's not like — depopulated. with all respect, it's not like they _ depopulated. with all respect, it's not like they will _ depopulated. with all respect, it's not like they will get - depopulated. with all respect, it's not like they will get on . it's not like they will get on television and tell you because of the apathy and the lack of accountability soon they may just read well set up. we have seen israeli soldiers on tiktok tells how many babies they killed today, which masks they are bombed, which hospitals have been bulldozed, we found mass graves, people from hospitals who have had their hands zip tied regardless of what israel tells us in their propaganda talking points the lived reality on the ground is telling us a different story.

let's get back to the... you mentioned the vaccines and liberties we have a duty to prevent and stop. let me ask you about the polio and if you think there's enough urgency put not only on the vaccines but you mentioned the sewerage, sanitation issues. it seems a something that could have been prevented without vaccines if there were a more suitable way to how's the people that have been displaced?— been displaced? precisely because housing - been displaced? precisely because housing has - been displaced? precisely| because housing has been targeted, israel has targeted almost 90% of residential — 70% of residential areas displacing nearly 90% of the people, just last week there is even five evacuation orders to go to places where there is no water. there's been 16 evacuation orders just in the months of august where people have no place to go. there have been

concentrated into an area where there is no infrastructure to sustain civilian life in a bid either to remove them altogether or to compel hamas to surrender. the targeting of civilians in order to exact these political concessions is textbook terrorism and we are allowing it to continue rather than, right now what the us should be doing which is not just putting a just pressure on israel but as the provider, of arms transfers and its impunity within these international multilateral institutions have the level to stop this right now. they can continue negotiations of the details of what happens but no circumstance where genocide and this military campaign of targeting civilians and infrastructure should be permitted to continue. to be clear, about _ permitted to continue. to be clear, about what _ permitted to continue. to be clear, about what the - permitted to continue. to be clear, about what the idf - permitted to continue. to be | clear, about what the idf says and what israel says it is not targeting civilians and

infrastructure, it says it is targeting hamas which often uses civilian infrastructure like buildings and hospitals and schools... that is what israel and the idf... and schools... that is what israel and the idf. .. they've been telling _ israel and the idf. .. they've been telling us _ israel and the idf. .. they've been telling us this - israel and the idf. .. they've been telling us this and - israel and the idf. .. they've | been telling us this and when the media doesn't do itsjob of scrutinising israeli claims we get to hundred 25 days of genocide and new polio outbreaks and skin diseases and children who are amputated without any family or shelter to keep them because we are merely relying on these talking points rather than investigating on the ground what is happening. rather than challenging the us undermining of all international law and international systems that should prevent and punish them. we had plenty of people from the idf of this particular programme, i interviewed several on the bbc continues to report on the situation and asking questions of both sides of course. we can leave the conversation there, thank you very much.

conversation there, thank you very much-— conversation there, thank you ve much. ., ., ., very much. thank you for having me. let's return to our top story. moments ago witnesses in ukraine reported explosions and we parted from the ukrainian military saying some of those explosions are due to interceptions over the region. we know there has been a report of a russian ballistic missile around a hotel in the city of kryvyi rih in the dnipro—petrovsk region. live now to william courtney. he's an adjunct senior fellow at the rand corporation and a former us diplomat who served as us ambassador to georgia and kazakhstan. ukraine is currently taking vast amounts of russian territory. looking at this massive missile strike on infrastructure that b launched 2a hours ago or so, why do you think he aims that at infrastructure and rather than putting resources in one to three kilometres away of

losing territory in his own country?— losing territory in his own count ? ,, ., country? the russians are quite concerned _ country? the russians are quite concerned that _ country? the russians are quite concerned that they _ country? the russians are quite concerned that they are - country? the russians are quite concerned that they are not - concerned that they are not able to change the battlefield situation on the ground very much, there is pretty much a stalemate on the battlefield so our trying shock and all attacks on infrastructure, other civilian infrastructure in order to demoralise ukrainians and hope that the ukrainians and hope that the ukrainians will stop fighting at that point and the western support will reduce their support. but so far that has not worked out, ukrainians are still showing a lot of fight. we are hearing more reports tonight, we don't know the extent of these explosions or air attacks but the ukrainian military says they have been strikes and some air defence activated over the capital tonight. do you see this as well as you touched on but may be an attempt to change the narrative and try to change the

momentum after what we have seenin momentum after what we have seen in the past couple of weeks in this very successful move by ukraine?— weeks in this very successful move by ukraine? yes, that is art of move by ukraine? yes, that is part of it _ move by ukraine? yes, that is part of it but _ move by ukraine? yes, that is part of it but also _ move by ukraine? yes, that is part of it but also this - move by ukraine? yes, that is part of it but also this is - part of it but also this is independence day for ukraine so the symbolism for those attacks now. what has happened in kursk is a result of very effective deception by the ukrainians, ukraine has seized twice as much territory as russia has seized in the last year and russia has lost 200,000 killed or wounded in that activity in the last year whereas ukraine has lost very few in the kursk offensive. from a military standpoint russia is on the back foot. standpoint russia is on the back foot-— standpoint russia is on the back foot. ~ ., ., ., ., back foot. we heard from nato toda , back foot. we heard from nato today, condemning _ back foot. we heard from nato today, condemning what - back foot. we heard from nato today, condemning what they l today, condemning what they called a potentially gentry�*s act by russia apparently a drone was perceived to have enter pollens as space, which has happened before. seeing

belarus amassing troops on the border, is there a potential right now for this conflict to start to draw in some other neighbouring countries there? not poland, but belarus yes. apparently belarus had been moving forces closer on this issue but the problem for them issue but the problem for them is the soldiers of belarus may not be willing to fight the ukrainians the way russians have been able to do that. for the dictator in belarus it is for him to move the forces closer to ukraine. you'll recall earlier on in the original invasion in february 2022 the russians tried to net more use of ukrainian infrastructure to invade ukraine and it turned out belarus sabotaged the railroad wives and other things to happen with movements. russia seems to be moving _ happen with movements. russia seems to be moving steady - happen with movements. russia | seems to be moving steady gains of its own, the eastern donbas

region, ukraine seems to be short on manpower. how do you rate whether conflict stands at the moment, obviously ukraine making games but russia also seeming to have success of its own? . . ., seeming to have success of its own? , , ., ., , seeming to have success of its own? ,, ., . ., ., own? russia has concentrated on the donbas. _ own? russia has concentrated on the donbas, donestk_ own? russia has concentrated on the donbas, donestk regions - the donbas, donestk regions from the beginning. it's had the largest concentration of forces of it's not surprising that made some gains there. but the ukrainians are using deception to go around that because ukrainians cannot really affect the battlefield that much in the donbas sozer kursk offensive has been made. it is possible russia will seize an importantjunction point for transportation which may happen very soon. interesting stuff, a lot of movement on the battlefield after months of what appeared

to be a pure stalemate. william courtenay, thank you very much. you're welcome. health workers in the democratic republic of congo have told the bbc more than 70% of people being treated for mpox at their clinics are children under the age of 10. the world health organization has announced a six month plan to curb the spread of mpox, expressing optimism that the current outbreak can be controlled. the director—general said the plan included recruiting more healthcare staff and enhancing surveillance and response strategies. he also said it would require $135 million dollars infunding. the bbc has been given exclusive access to two treatment centres in the eastern part of the country — the epicentre of the latest mpox outbreak. 0ur africa correspondent simi jolaoso has this report, filmed inside the drc for the bbc by a local camera operator. a warning, viewers may find some images distressing from the start.

toddler cries. weary and in pain. two—year—old encima caught mpox from one of her five siblings, who have all had the disease. translation: this is - the first time i've seen it. when my child got sick, other parents told me it might be measles, but we started treating measles and failed. this hospital in kavumu is in south kivu, the epicentre of this new mpox crisis. it has had 800 patients sincejune — more than 70% have been children. eight have died — all under the age of five. about 100 miles away, the spring in amani's step slowly returns after four days of free treatment at this centre in munigi near goma. like the hospital, three—quarters of patients here have been under the age of ten. health workers told the bbc they've had up to ten new cases a day.

the idp camps are overcrowded, so you see children in idp camps, they are always playing together, so they have time together. they don't really care about distance, social distance, they don't care about that. so they play together. they are always together. and you can also see like in the household, they even pass the night on the same bed. you can find three, four, five children. so that means the transmission is really present on a daily basis. these camps, in the eastern part of the democratic republic of congo, are crammed with millions who have been displaced because of an ongoing armed conflict — the perfect place for mpox to run rampant. charity workers are trying to get ahead by teaching people about symptoms, stigma and hygiene. the message resonates with some at this camp. simijolaoso, bbc news. around the world and across the uk. this is bbc news. let's look at some other

stories making news. firefighters are still at a block of flats in dagenham in east london, where a large fire broke out early this morning. more than 80 people were ta ken to safety. two needed hospital treatment. the london fire brigade says everyone has been accounted for and it is investigating how the blaze started. tributes are being paid to the former england manager sven—goran eriksson, who has died from pancreatic cancer at the age of 76. the swedish coach became the first foreign manager of the england men's team in 2001. he led the side to three consecutive quarter—finals during his five years in charge. his former captain david beckham said he would be "forever grateful" to a "true gentleman". the metropolitan police say one person has been stabbed on the final day of the notting hill carnival in west london. 0fficers made 145 arrests on monday — mostly for possessing an offensive weapon or drug offences. 16 people were held for assaulting emergency workers, four for sexual offences and one for having a firearm.

you're live with bbc news. let's turn to some other important news around the world. an american man is dead after an ice cave collapsed in the southeast of iceland. the woman he was with was also injured, and taken to the hospital. they were part of a group of 23 people on an organised tour visiting the cave with a guide when it collapsed. the location is an area highly popular with tourists. italian media are reporting that the captain of the superyacht that sank off the coast of sicily last week has been placed under investigation. police are reportedly investigating him for possible charges of manslaughter or "negligent shipwreck." the ship sank one week ago in a storm, killing seven people on board. 15 others were rescued. dozens of people are dead after multiple attacks across pakistan's southern province of balochistan. a spokesperson for the baloch liberation army, a militant group, said that it

had launched attacks around the province. the army say they have killed 21 militants in response. here's our pakistan correspondent, caroline davies. the largest number of people killed according to police officials was on sunday night when several vehicles travelling from balochistan to punjab were pulled over by the norton's. according to police officials these militants asked to check the ideas of those people on board and took them off the vehicles and open fire. we know of a different incident a 500 kilometres away where according to one hospital official several bodies were brought into the hospital, including some security personnel. in a different area we heard of bodies being discovered there after a bridge was destroyed. we have heard from the militant group known as the baloch liberation army which released a statement saying they had conducted these attacks across the province in

response we have also heard from pakistan's military is that they responded to those militants, killing 21 of them in the process of that operation. they also say they lost 1a of the security personnel, it is not tightly clear at this stage how many of those 1a overlap with the 39 a we have been told earlier on. the army here in pakistan have been adamant that they intend to bring all of those who are responsible for these incidents to justice. to sudan, where at least 60 people have died and the un estimates around 118,000 have been displaced — after a dam burst due to heavy rainfall. search operations are currently under way — and it's believed the death toll could rise in the war—torn country. the arbat dam is the main source of drinking water for the coastal city of port sudan. the un secretary general antonio guterres has warned that pacific island ntions are under grave threat due to rapidly rising sea levels. mr guterres is in tonga meeting with leaders of pacific island countries.

he says the island nations are suffering the consequences of climate change disproportionately — despite being responsible for a fraction of global emissions. a new report from the world meteorological organization shows sea levels in parts of the pacidic had risen by around 15 centimetres in the last 30 years — much faster than the global average. plenty more as well on our website. stay with us and we'll be back at the top of the hour. hello there. still very unsettled across the north and the west of the uk at times. more wet and windy weather to come here, but also some sunshine in the forecast and some late summer warmth, too, especially for southern and eastern areas of england. now through the night, this front has been tracking southwards and eastwards. on tuesday morning it's still bringing heavy downpours of rain for northern ireland, western scotland, some of that rain falling on already saturated ground, particularly

across dumfries and galloway. so heavy downpours still here, windy up through these irish sea coast, but it's breezy wherever you are. a dry start to the day though for england and wales and very mild, particularly across northern ireland. now, on tuesday that front continues to slip further southwards and eastwards, the rain turning lighter and more patchy. behind the front things will dry out and brighten up. there'll be some sunny spells and some showers. the front, by the time we get to the afternoon, is draped down from north—west england, wales and south—west england, so cloudy with outbreaks of rain here but ahead of the front there'll be a lot of sunshine and the highest of the temperatures mid 20s perhaps, but also possibly 20 or 21 degrees in parts of aberdeenshire. now, the position of the front could change on tuesday into wednesday, it's moving very slowly as it bumps into the area of high pressure almost stalls. it's just a narrow band of cloud, really, as we head through wednesday, stretching down from, say, north yorkshire, through wales and into south west england. behind it sunny spells but also some more heavy showers pushing

eastwards from parts of western scotland and northern ireland. again, more sunshine across many parts of east anglia, south east england. temperatures here could get to 27 or 28 celsius, perhaps, but wednesday does look as if it's going to be the warmest day of the week, because after that front clears on thursday, we draw in more of a westerly wind. so we're getting that fresher atlantic air back again, and there will be a drop in temperature, but still a lot of dry weather to come in the forecast. again, some more showers affecting parts of north—west england, northern ireland and western scotland in particular, pushing eastwards, but further south it is a mostly dry story, but temperatures are lower across the board, generally 16 to 23 celsius, north to south. then a ridge of high pressure may well build in as we head through thursday and friday, keeping things largely dry into the weekend and feeling a touch warmer.

new tariffs on made—in—china electric vehicles — this time from canada. we'll have all the details. and some businesses are finding a silver lining in india's ageing population. hello and welcome to business today. i'm steve lai. let's begin

with our top story. canada says it will impose a 100% tariff on made—in—china electric vehicles, steel and aluminium. the country is following the lead of the united states to protect its domestic industries. but the new levies could strain relations between canada and china. they will also hit foreign businesses that make evs in china, such as tesla, which has a giga factory in shanghai. the bbc�*s north america business correspondent michelle fleury has the details. it's a move that could exacerbate trade tensions between western countries and china. from october, canada will impose a 100% tariffs on electric vehicles from china, this is on top of the most favoured nation tariff of 6.1% already slapped onto chinese—produced evs that are imported into canada. the government also intends to apply a 25% tariff on imports of steel and aluminium products from china. canada's finance minister chrystia freeland says it was about protecting domestic producers.

the reality is that china has a state—directed policy