in gaza after israel issues a new evacuation order. and one of the biggest bands of the past 30 years, oasis, have announced they're reforming. hello. i'm martine croxall. sir keir starmer has delivered a major speech in downing street — vowing to reverse what he's called a "decade of decline" under the previous conservative government. the prime minister has warned october's budget will be "painful" and asked the country to "accept short—term pain for long—term good". the tories have dismissed the speech as a "performative" attempt to distract the public from promises sir keir never had any intention of keeping. here's a little of what he said. just as when i responded to the riots, i'll have to turn to the country and make big

asks of you, as well, to accept short term pain for long term good, the difficult trade—off for the genuine solution. and i know that after all that you have been through, that is a really big ask and really difficult to hear. that is not the position we should be in. it's not the position i want to be in, but we have to end the politics of the easy answer that solves nothing. let's speak to our political correspondent, nick eardley, at westminster. what big asks is he talking about? that is the million question, and i think what was pretty clear from keir starmer is that the next few months are not going to be that much fun actually when it comes to

government announcements. the most striking bit for me was when he said the budget is coming in october and it will be painful, those with the broadest shoulders will face the heaviest burden. absolutely clear there will be some really unpopular announcements in that budget, perhaps around attacks, perhaps focus more on people with higher incomes or as keir starmer puts it, the broadest shoulders, so abundantly that keir starmer is rolling the pitch for a tricky few months for government. the specifics of that will be scrutinised though because it is right to say, i think, there are some things the government didn't know during the election campaign. we have seen for example the last government didn't budget as much as was needed for the public sector pay body recommendations to be met, likewise there seems to be some funding at the home office that

wasn't completely clear. the labour government we have now did the broad state of the government sector, of the country's finances, so in that sense, when those announcements come, exactly what difficult decisions and what pain will be inflicted on the taxpayer and on the country's finances, there will be a lot of people wondering if keir starmer could have been more open about that in the run—up to the election. about that in the run-up to the election. ~ ., ., about that in the run-up to the election. ~ . ., ., , ., , election. what are the conservatives sa in: ? election. what are the conservatives saying? the — election. what are the conservatives saying? the argument _ election. what are the conservatives saying? the argument they - election. what are the conservatives saying? the argument they will - election. what are the conservatives | saying? the argument they will make is that a lot of — saying? the argument they will make is that a lot of this _ saying? the argument they will make is that a lot of this was _ saying? the argument they will make is that a lot of this was known - is that a lot of this was known before the election and that the labour party, the conservatives argue anyway, is doing what they always planned which is to put up taxes. that will be the big debate of the next few months. and i think the framing of this is crucial. the reason keir starmer is doing this a speech today, the week before parliament comes back, is he is trying to get on the front foot and

say this is how we should see this debate. for him it's a debate about the inheritance of the government has been left. he will say all the difficult decisions you get over the next few months are not my fault, not keir starmer�*s fault, but the fault of the conservatives who mismanaged the economy. the conservatives will deny that and say there are difficult decisions to be made but they would have to be made anyway and we had started to turn the economy around. but the framing of the next few months is what today was all about, and the key warning, the thing that tells us what is to come over the next few months is the message from the prime minister that the budget will be painful. obviously some of the focus was on the physical nature of difficulties as he sees them, but he also referred to the riots we saw in the summer not happening in a vacuum. yes, and the argument he is making

is that firstly communities were let down, and secondly populism became rampant under the last government and that helped create the atmosphere under which the riots took place. what i didn't hear the prime minister do was tackle the big question a lot of people have been asking about underlying issues, about not saying this is why the riots happened but saying how do you stop it happening again. i'm not sure the government is quite in a place that it wants to engage with that question. it is a question i think that will keep being asked. a lot of people who have been following politics for a long time will cast their minds back to 2010, before i was here i hasten to add, but 2010 with george osborne and david cameron who did something very similar. they said we have inherited a mess, it is really bad, we will make difficult decisions, blame the last lot. it worked politically for a few years for david cameron and george osborne. they blamed

austerity on the country's books but labour are trying to do something similar now, to say we are going to do something that is really tough, you will not like, it is unpopular with voters but it's not our lot, it is the last lot.— with voters but it's not our lot, it is the last lot. nick eardley, thank ou. ukraine's president, volodymyr zelensky, has vowed to respond after at least four people were killed in a second consecutive night of heavy russian drone and missile strikes. these are pictures from central ukraine, where local officials say two people were killed when a hotel was wiped out in mr zelensky�*s home city. two people also died in drone attacks in the city of zaporizhzhia. moscow claims it's using precision weaponry to target energy and other infrastructure. yesterday, russia launched one of its biggest attacks on ukraine since the start of the war. our reporter abdujalil abdurasulov told us what happened across ukraine overnight and what damage was caused by this bombardment. well, air raid sirens kept going off in kyiv and across ukraine all night

and this morning as well. and according to the ukrainian air force, russia launched some 80 drones and about ten missiles, including air—launched ballistic missiles. and this number is much fewer than the number of missiles and drones moscow used yesterday during yesterday's attack, but still, it is still a deadly attack. and one of the missiles hit a hotel in kryvyi rih in central ukraine, where at least two people were killed in that attack. and the rescue workers are still at the site. they're still trying to clear the rubble and find missing people there. and also, as we speak, the russian drones, according to the ukrainian air force, they are still in the air and they're threatening some of the regions, particularly the regions in the northern ukraine and therefore the threat of new aerial attacks is still not over.

how well—equipped does ukraine say it is to cope with such an assault? well, ukraine has got a number of different air defence systems, including us—made patriots, which can intercept hypersonic air—launched ballistic missiles such as kinzhal. however, the number of these weapons is not enough they keep saying, and therefore they keep asking from the allies to provide more of those weapons, and also more missiles and ammunition for these weapons in order to be able to protect ukrainian cities from such aerial attacks. but also, ukraine keeps insisting and demanding from its allies to allow them to use long range weapons that the western countries provided and attack russia deep inside its territory, and target the airfields from where those bombers and fighterjets take off and attack ukrainian cities.

our reporter in kyiv. francis farrell, reporter at the kyiv independent, described the attacks which rocked the city. yesterday it was another one of these regular episodes of mass—missile attacks, but you could feel that there was something different. this was a bigger one. i was actually caught outside when the attack started, and some of the explosions right overhead were really, really loud. you could see the puff of air defence working in the air, and itjust went on and on. and by the time the dust finally settled and the all—clear was given, most of the city, including my apartment and the office where i work, was already without power. and, you know, kyiv, for people here, it's a regular occurrence in a way, but every time, it's still felt like, how is it possible that this is so everyday for us? and knowing that the damage

that was done earlier this summer to the energy infrastructure, now it feels like just when the grid was recovering, now we could be in for a long period of regular blackouts. and that, of course, we're only in august, but the winter is looming. how are people going to manage? so, exactly, like, when the grid is recovering, it feels like, "oh, we have power for a while now," it feels like life is going back to normal but there is this looming winter coming ahead, and not only the winter itself, but the constant threat of more russian attacks, which will only degrade the grid further. and now, this isn't the first winter that ukraine has gone through with these problems, but this seems like it could be a lot worse this time. and people at least are prepared. they know what it looks like. it's about generators and power banks and, you know, preparing, looking at the timetable of blackouts. but still everyone understands that

it's going to be very tough. francis farrell, reporter at the kyiv independent. in the last couple of hours, it's been announced that one of the biggest music groups of the brit pop era of the 1990s — oasis — are reuniting. we are telepathic, you know what i mean? i know my brother better than anyone else. this is a video with the news posted on x. brothers liam and noel gallagher had teased an announcement through social media, before revealing tour dates for 2025. it ends a 15—year feud between the brothers. our culture correspondent charlotte gallagher spoke to us about the expected price of the tickets. i'm guessing £100 plus. that's the kind of normal price of tickets. i mean, they do seem to go up and up every time a big act does a tour. the tickets seem incredibly expensive, don't they? and that's before they end up on resale sites. and then people are paying hundreds and hundreds of pounds, like we saw with taylor swift, for example. so, with this, we don't know what the ticket

prices are going to be. probably in the next few days we should find out how much — are they going to be different in different parts of the uk, for example? we just don't know. but there's real excitement here. our culture correspondent charlotte gallagher. jenny, how surprised are you that this is actually happening?- this is actually happening? really surrised. this is actually happening? really surprised- i _ this is actually happening? really surprised. i wasn't _ this is actually happening? really surprised. i wasn't expecting - this is actually happening? really surprised. i wasn't expecting it i this is actually happening? really surprised. i wasn't expecting it atj surprised. i wasn't expecting it at all. they have been talking about a reunion for years and fans have been hoping for it, but when liam announced his definitely maybe tour last year and noel didn'tjoin, announced his definitely maybe tour last yearand noel didn'tjoin, i lost all hope they would get back together so i'm really shocked it's happening. the together so i'm really shocked it's haueninu. , , ., together so i'm really shocked it's hauuenin. , , .,, happening. the paper is used to be full of all the _ happening. the paper is used to be full of all the drama _ happening. the paper is used to be full of all the drama of— happening. the paper is used to be full of all the drama of the - full of all the drama of the gallagher brothers, so what do you think needs to have happened to get them to this point to stage a tour?

i think it's the right time. they both have their solo careers, they have had bestselling albums. they have had bestselling albums. they have done all that now. the sense of demand from the fans, it has just increased over the years, especially when liam did his definitely maybe tour so the time is right and it feels like 1996 out there at the moment. i was 15 in 1996 and i remember oasis making the headlines back then but this time we have social media and my social media has blown up with all things oasis. so i think it's the right time, especially with the 30th anniversary of what's the story morning glory in the next year. of what's the story morning glory in the next year-— the next year. who will go to see them? these _ the next year. who will go to see them? those who _ the next year. who will go to see them? those who remember- the next year. who will go to see i them? those who remember them the next year. who will go to see - them? those who remember them the first time round?— first time round? absolutely, i include myself _ first time round? absolutely, i include myself in _ first time round? absolutely, i include myself in that. - first time round? absolutely, i include myself in that. the - first time round? absolutely, i | include myself in that. the brit first time round? absolutely, i - include myself in that. the brit pop fans from the �*90s will go to see

them but they will bring their kids for sure. there's a whole generation who haven't even seen oasis yet so it's exciting for them and i'm expecting the old audience but also the new generation as well. how much of a catalyst — the new generation as well. how much of a catalyst might this _ the new generation as well. how much of a catalyst might this be _ the new generation as well. how much of a catalyst might this be for - the new generation as well. how much of a catalyst might this be for us - of a catalyst might this be for us to see other bands of the britpop era coming back on tour? yes. to see other bands of the britpop era coming back on tour? yes, that's a tood era coming back on tour? yes, that's a good point- — era coming back on tour? yes, that's a good point- the — era coming back on tour? yes, that's a good point. the britpop _ era coming back on tour? yes, that's a good point. the britpop bands - era coming back on tour? yes, that's| a good point. the britpop bands have been touring over the years and releasing new albums, but this is a great opportunity to bring them to the forefront once again and perhaps release new material. shed seven released an album that has done really well so it's a great opportunity for britpop to come back. there hasn't been a musical movement like britpop since the �*90s so it would certainly be welcomed by the new generations as well, i'm sure. , y the new generations as well, i'm sure. , ,., , ., the new generations as well, i'm sure. , , ., ., ., sure. everybody will want to hear the classics. _ sure. everybody will want to hear the classics, aren't _ sure. everybody will want to hear the classics, aren't they? - sure. everybody will want to hear the classics, aren't they? yes. i.

the classics, aren't they? yes. i mean, personally _ the classics, aren't they? yes. i mean, personally i'm _ the classics, aren't they? yes. i mean, personally i'm really- the classics, aren't they? yes. i. mean, personally i'm really hoping they will play definitely maybe, what's the story morning glory, and the b—sides from those albums like talk tonight, the master plan. it's really shocking they are b—sides, but there is a sense the fans want those albums played and hopefully they will focus more on those first two albums. i they will focus more on those first two albums-— they will focus more on those first two albums. ., �* , , , , two albums. i wouldn't be surprised if there is a — two albums. i wouldn't be surprised if there is a surge _ two albums. i wouldn't be surprised if there is a surge in _ two albums. i wouldn't be surprised if there is a surge in downloads - two albums. i wouldn't be surprised if there is a surge in downloads now this news is out. jenny, thank you for talking to us on bbc news. thanks for having me.- for talking to us on bbc news. thanks for having me. around the world and across _ thanks for having me. around the world and across the _ thanks for having me. around the world and across the uk, - thanks for having me. around the world and across the uk, this - thanks for having me. around the world and across the uk, this is l thanks for having me. around the i world and across the uk, this is bbc news.

nigeria will become the first african country to receive mpox vaccines since the emergence of a new deadly strain of the disease. health authorities will today receive 10,000 doses, which were ordered before the outbreak.

there have been calls to speed up the international response, including the approval of new medicines. our senior africa correspondent — anne soy — has the details. well, these are donations, as you mentioned, and they were ordered for before this current outbreak that is spreading through central africa and parts of east africa, countries that have not encountered this outbreak of disease before. it is a big concern. there's an ongoing meeting of the world health organization and african health ministers in congo brazzaville, and we have heard from the who saying that they need at least $135 million for six months of action. they have launched a response plan to deal with the outbreak of what is thought to be a strain of the virus that is spreading more easily and has more serious manifestations, particularly in eastern congo. how well are

the countries coping? well, many of the countries that have reported cases, including here in kenya, they have noted they have dealt —— they have not dealt with this before and therefore they are coming to the realisation that they need to be in a state of preparedness. this is the reality because what has been observed during this outbreak is that truck drivers are some of those people who have been found to be spreading the virus and therefore, cross—border discussions are going on now about how countries can prepare. they are talking about trying to get vaccines, about plans they can put in place in case they get outbreaks. however, there is a big outbreak going on in eastern congo. this is an area that is very challenging because of the security situation. some of the outbreak has been in camps for displaced people, which are crowded, there is poor sanitation,

and therefore, the conditions are just perfect for spreading the disease. this is a big concern. and since the declaration of public health emergency now, there is more calls for international support to go and deal with this outbreak at source. the world health organization is saying that it can be stopped but they need to act quickly. as senior africa correspondent anne soy. the un secretary—general, antonio guterres, has told the bbc that the small islands in the pacific were facing an enormous environmental injustice. mr guterres is in tonga to attend the pacific islands forum leaders' meeting. his warning came as the world meteorological organisation said the pacific islands were facing a triple threat of warming waters, a rise in sea levels and growing acidity because of carbon dioxide. at a pacific islands summit, antonio guterres delivered this warning

on the growing climate concern. the changes in the pacific region are visible since my last visit. and around the world, rising seas have unparalleled power to cause havoc to coastal cities and ravage coastal economies. the reason is clear. greenhouse gases, overwhelmingly generated by burning fossil fuels, are cooking our planet. and the sea is taking the heat, literally. the un secretary—general, antonio guterres. let's speak to dr wesley morgan. he is a research associate at the institute for climate risk and response at the university of new south wales and a fellow at the climate council of australia. thank you very much forjoining us. what does this tell us that we didn't already know about the threat to the pacific islands?— to the pacific islands? well, what we saw today _ to the pacific islands? well, what we saw today is _ to the pacific islands? well, what we saw today is an _ to the pacific islands? well, what we saw today is an sos _ to the pacific islands? well, what we saw today is an sos from - we saw today is an sos from the pacific, and it does confirm what we

already know, but it tells us that climate change is accelerating the rate of sea—level rise. so today's report focused on the impact of climate change on the world's oceans. by burning coal, oil and gas, excess heat is accumulating in the climate system, and more than 90% of that excess heat is actually accumulating in the oceans which drives sea—level rise and has catastrophic consequences, particularly for low lying countries. so a number of pacific island countries, their highest point is less then five metres above sea level. so for them, a warming oceanis sea level. so for them, a warming ocean is a threat to their very survival. and antonio guterres couldn't have said this more clearly

today. eitherfossil couldn't have said this more clearly today. either fossil fuels have couldn't have said this more clearly today. eitherfossilfuels have a future or pacific island countries do. the reality is that we need to move away from coal, oil and gas as fast as possible to limit the damage to the world's oceans. and the secretary—general today joined pacific leaders calling for an immediate end to the expansion of fossilfuels through new immediate end to the expansion of fossil fuels through new coal, oil and gas projects, and called on governments to begin to phase out the use of fossil fuels. let’s the use of fossil fuels. let's concentrate _ the use of fossil fuels. let's concentrate on _ the use of fossil fuels. let's concentrate on australia - the use of fossil fuels. let's concentrate on australia forj the use of fossil fuels. let's i concentrate on australia for a moment, it is one of the world's biggest exporters of coal and gas so how can australia move towards a clean energy infrastructure? that's ri . ht. the clean energy infrastructure? that's right. the remarks _ clean energy infrastructure? that's right. the remarks today _ clean energy infrastructure? that's right. the remarks today from - clean energy infrastructure? that's right. the remarks today from the | right. the remarks today from the secretary—general and from pacific leaders, they called for wealthy nations, major polluters to move first and called explicitly on g20

countries. australia is the only country that is a member of the pacific islands forum there is also a g20 country, so i think it was a diplomatic way of pointing to australia's contribution to climate change, and unfortunately australia is at the moment a major exporter of coal and gas, but it's also well—placed to thrive as a clean energy economy. so australia is one of the windiest and sunniest continents on earth, can generate really cheap electricity from renewables like wind and solar and storage. australia also has many of the critical minerals we need for things like wind turbines and batteries and electric vehicles. and the federal government has a plan for australia to become a major clean energy exporter. there is a future made in australia programme and policy by the federal government that aims to build up the new clean

energy exports, and if the prime minister is to convince his pacific island counterparts that he is serious and australia is serious about tackling their key security threat, he will need to explain to them how australia will transition from its past as a fossil fuel heavyweight to australia's future as a clean energy powerhouse.- a clean energy powerhouse. doctor wesley morgan _ a clean energy powerhouse. doctor wesley morgan from _ a clean energy powerhouse. doctor wesley morgan from the _ a clean energy powerhouse. doctor wesley morgan from the university a clean energy powerhouse. doctor i wesley morgan from the university of new south wales, thank you for your time. with two weeks to go until the first presidential debate between donald trump and kamala harris, there've been disagreements over the programme format. democrats want both candidates' microphones to be live throughout the full broadcast on abc on september the tenth. while mr trump has said it doesn't matter to him either way, the republican campaign are reported to want him to be muted unless it's his turn to speak. when president biden was the democratic candidate, both sides had agreed to the muting of mics.

and a reminder of our top story — the british prime minister has warned that the budget in october "will be painful". speaking in the downing street rose garden in the past hour, sir keir starmer said those with the broadest shoulders would have to bear most of the cost. there is much more in our live page on the bbc website and the bbc news app on the bbc website and the bbc news app if you would

but then we pull in more of a westerly, a fresher direction for us, before the weekend comes along, introducing once again the amber colours, so warmer by the weekend. so what we have at the moment is our weather front draped across northern england, across parts of wales into the southwest, slowly trying to push southeastwards. ahead of it a lot of dry weather, some sunshine, and behind it we're looking at some sunshine but also some showers. the wind slowly easing a touch through the day with highs up to about 25 or 26 in the southeast. now tonight our weather front still tries to sink south. it bumps into that high pressure so it's weakening all the time. there will be showers across the north and the west. not a particularly cold night. temperatures falling away between 10 and 15 degrees. so tomorrow we still have our weather front with us. again there's a band of cloud, the odd spot of rain in it. slowly it will push eastwards through the day, so the sunshine ahead of it turning hazy. and then we've got some showery outbreaks of rain coming in across western scotland and also northern ireland, and some of those

could be heavy and also thundery. temperatures tomorrow, potentially up to 28 in the far southeast. then, as we move from wednesday into thursday, our weather front bearing the cloud and the showery rain moves away. we're back into that westerly flow so it will feel fresher. the other thing about thursday is we've got this weather front in the north that's pushing eastwards, taking its showers with it. could hear the odd rumble of thunder in northeast scotland but come south across much of england, wales and northern ireland, there'll be a lot of dry weather and also some sunshine to look forward to. then, as we head from thursday into friday in the weekend, we've got this area of high pressure building. now it might move a bit further north and if it does so, that could allow some showery rain into southern areas. but at the moment, it looks like for the weekend many of us will be dry with some sunshine and a touch warmer than on friday.

cranking up the voltage on trade tensions. canada slaps hefty import taxes on electric cars made in china. we will be introducing a 100% tariff on chinese—made electric vehicles. older, wiser and ready to spend. how businesses are finding a silver

lining in india's ageing population. and a wonderwall of money! britpop legends oasis could earn £400 million from their reunion tour — we'll be finding out how. welcome to business today. china has accused canada of protectionism after it announced a 100% tariff on chinese made electric vehicles, along with 25% tariffs on steel and aluminium. canada is following the lead set by the united states and says it's protecting its domestic industries from chinese efforts — quote — "designed to cripple them". beijing has criticised canada for "blindly following" other countries, breaking world trade organization rules and said that the levies "will disrupt the stability of global industrial and supply chains". the bbc�*s north america business correspondent, michelle fleury, has more.

it's a move that could exacerbate trade tensions between western