hello, i'm carl nasman. welcome to the programme. we start with the war in ukraine — where in the past hour the ukrainian military says its air defence systems have been activated in the kyiv region. 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 devastation. 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 six 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. for more on the situation in ukraine, i've been speaking 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. looking at this massive missile strike on infrastructure that putin launched 2a hours ago or so, why do you think he aims

that at infrastructure rather than putting resources in one to three kilometres away of losing territory in his own country? the russians are quite 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 they are trying shock and awe attacks on infrastructure, civilian infrastructure in order to demoralise ukrainians and hope that the ukrainians will stop fighting at that point and the western supporters 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 there have been strikes and some air defences activated over kyiv tonight.

do you see this, as you touched on, maybe an attempt to change the narrative and try to change the momentum after what we have seen in the past couple of weeks in this very successful move by ukraine? yes, that is part of it but also this is independence day for ukraine, so there's symbolism for those attacks. 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 — 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. 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 quietened down a bit. israel's military says it has carried out some strikes on hezbollah targets in southern lebanon in the past 2a hours, but certainly the level of cross—border we saw in the early hours of sunday morning seems to have quietened down. what are the two main parties saying? hezbollah for its part says the first phase of its operation to retaliate for the killing of that senior commander fuad shukr, it 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 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 be honest those talks do not really seem to be going anywhere despite intense diplomatic pressure especially from the united states. 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 cards 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. and 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. 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 in funding. 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 simijolaoso 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. simijolaoso, bbc news. joining me live is stephen morse, professor of epidemiology at columbia university and a leading authority on emerging infectious disease. we saw in that report 70% of people being treated in the democratic republic of congo for mpox are children under the age of ten, what makes kids so vulnerable to this disease? actually classically this is the classic picture of mpox, formerly called monkeypox in the area in the area in the democratic republic of congo. most of the area falls on children, the very first case of human mpox in 1970 was in an infant. they disproportionately bear the burden in part because they may get it in the

household or by playing with other children through contact as was mentioned. they can be very affected by it, they may have saws inside their mouth or greater fever which may make them less likely to eat, may make them more dehydrated, they are obviously not as, they don't have as much reserve capacity as adults do. the children do turn out to be the major victims. children do turn out to be the majorvictims. in children do turn out to be the major victims. in fact the case fatality rate and mortality rates in children under the age of one, just classic mpox is about 8% and yet overall in adults it is some closer to 2% and so there is a real difference there. what we are seeing here is to different epidemics, superimposed if you

will. ., , ., epidemics, superimposed if you will. a, , epidemics, superimposed if you will. ., will. really, that is a striking _ will. really, that is a striking difference i will. really, that is a striking difference in| will. really, that is a - striking difference in those numbers. in terms of vaccinations we are hearing that the democratic republic of congo no longer is expecting to receive a delivery of vaccines this week and it had been hoping for that. can you walk us through the biggest hurdles when it comes to getting those vaccines distributed and really into the people that need them? and i think that is a major problem. one thing, there is not an enormous supply, one company that makes these vaccines makes the vaccine used in western europe and the us, they say they have a few hundred thousand doses available. we may have some stockpiles in the united states and some of the european countries. they think they can produce perhaps several million more, perhaps as much as 100 million by next year. the supply is small and of course

it's an expensive vaccine so there has to be some help in providing the vaccine. and making sure that it is distributed. it is partly would just tickle, parlay economic and political problem and the who is still considering how to approve it. although there are number of countries that have been donating or sending the vaccine because it is approved for use under emergency use authorisation, in europe and the us. in authorisation, in europe and the us. , ., the us. in terms of getting the virus under _ the us. in terms of getting the virus under control, _ the us. in terms of getting the virus under control, are - virus under control, are vaccines the only answer here? and the outbreak really be stocked with other methods such as social distancing or other things, we obviously all learned during the covid outbreak?— outbreak? behavioural intervention _ outbreak? behavioural intervention has - outbreak? behavioural intervention has been| outbreak? behavioural- intervention has been important with the earlier mpox which is a different mpox variety that came from west africa with travellers and spread through

essentially sexual networks by close contact." to or contact with infected materials, personal object and so on is obviously one of the main ways this is spread. if we can educate the children and their parents of course to maintain careful behaviour control so they do not scrape up against each other. that is really hard with children, very young children may be possible to protect them and the same for adults, it could be one way of controlling it. education is important that is the who points out. the other thing is the vaccine is the best we have right now, because you can give it to people who are not infected but may be at risk or maybe in the line of fire as it

were. similar strategy was used to eradicate its close relative smallpox. however, therapeutics largely once someone gets sick is largely a matter right now of treating the symptoms, giving them appropriate support. giving them appropriate summ— giving them appropriate su ort. , , ' support. interesting stuff, professor _ support. interesting stuff, professor stephen - support. interesting stuff, professor stephen morse | support. interesting stuff, i professor stephen morse at columbia university, thank you. thank you very much. 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 quarterfinals during his five

years in charge. 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. more than a million people were expected at the carnival on monday. you're live with bbc news. the us special counsel jack smith has asked an appeals court to revive the classified documents case against donald trump. the former president was accused of breaking the law by mishandling top—secret papers at his florida estate. butjudge aileen cannon dismissed the case, ruling mr smith himself was unlawfully appointed to oversee it. joining me now live is bbc north america

correspondent peter bowes. this seems to now have new life potentially. walk us through this move by jack potentially. walk us through this move byjack smith and how significant this will be? hera significant this will be? new life in a case _ significant this will be? new life in a case that _ significant this will be? new life in a case that really - life in a case that really started just over two years ago now is when the fbi executed a search warrant at mar—a—lago, donald trump's home in florida that led to these 31 charges against the former president. we saw the pictures, the allegations that dozens and dozens of boxes of top—secret classified documents, government documents had been found at his home on a stage enable room, in a storage area in a room just outside a shower and the charges, 31 of them related to alleged wilful retention of national defence information. donald trump said he was not guilty of those

charges, had the case gone ahead and he had been found guilty, he could have been sent to prison for up to ten years on each charge. a very serious situation for the former president, as you say. we learned a federaljudge had thrown out the case on the basis that the special counsel had been appointed by the attorney general on a basis that it seems was not constitutional. that is what the special counsel is now challenging in a motion that he claims the process, the basis on which he was appointed that there is a precedent for that process and he believes the case should go ahead. briefly, this was thought _ case should go ahead. briefly, this was thought to _ case should go ahead. briefly, this was thought to be - case should go ahead. briefly, this was thought to be one - case should go ahead. briefly, this was thought to be one of| this was thought to be one of the stronger staircases against donald trump. do we have a sense now of whether or not this will begin even by the time voters go to the polls in november? it

time voters go to the polls in november?— time voters go to the polls in november? , , , november? it seems extremely unlikel . november? it seems extremely unlikely. this _ november? it seems extremely unlikely. this process _ november? it seems extremely unlikely. this process alone, . unlikely. this process alone, the appeal could take several weeks and may not even be resolved by election day, november five which means resolved by election day, novemberfive which means if resolved by election day, november five which means if a trial were to go ahead that would be happen until the election. a significant political and legal consequence for the former president. peter, thank you. french prosecutors say they will extend the detention of the founder of the telegram network until wednesday. pavel durov was arrested near paris on saturday. prosecutors have now said his detention is part of a cyber criminality investigation. earlier, french president emmanuel macron was asked about the arrest. mr macron said there was no political element and france was committed to freedom of expression as long as it it did not break the law. 0ur news correspondent will vernon has more details on the statement from prosecutors. police custody was extended last night by a magistrate in the last 96 hours or until

wednesday and the investigation was opened on the eighth of july concerning complicity and distribution of child pornography, selling of drugs, money—laundering and refusal to co—operate with law enforcement. those potential charges because he hasn't been officially charged yet against an unnamed person it says but it is highly likely that that is pavel durov. those accusations of involvement in drug trafficking and child pornography are things we have her time and time again from western law enforcement who are increasingly concerned with how telegram is being used. it's described as the number one platform for organised crime, the men network used by terrorists was how one former french intelligence member called and has been linked to the summarise in england used to organise that my work disorder. telegram denies all of that and they received a statement saying thereby but you laws, pavel durov has nothing to hide and that the moderation is within industry standards.

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 it's 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. according to police officials, militants asked to check the ids of those people on board and took them out of the vehicles and opened fire. we know of a different incident 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. we have also heard from pakistan's military that they responded to those militants, killing 21 of them in the process of that operation. they also say they lost 1a security personnel. it is not clear at this stage how many of those 1a overlap with the 39 we heard of earlier on. the army here in pakistan have been adamant that they intend to bring all of those who are responsible for these incidents tojustice. 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. it comes as the leader of the sudanese army dismissed un sponsored talks in switzerland aimed at ending the conflict

with the paramilitary rapid support forces. general al—burhan said the army would continue fighting, even if took 100 years. the large—scale conflict broke out in april 2023 and has killed tens of thousands while leaving more than 8 million people displaced. that's all for now here in washington. stay with us with plenty more coming up at the top of the ala right here on bbc news. 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.

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