many more were wounded in the strike, including 20 who are in a "severe condition" according to the regional governor. kharkiv has come under heavy russian attacks for months. our correspondent abdujalil abdurasulov is following from kyiv. each day in car they also killed a 14—year—old girl in the playground. the guided bombs that moscow used to attack kharkiv _

guided bombs that moscow used to attack kharkiv are _ guided bombs that moscow used to attack kharkiv are cruise - to attack kharkiv are cruise missiles, their main aim is to cause devastation and this is exactly what the kremlin wants to achieve, kyiv says. therefore asking their to provide them long range weapons and zelensky has a sponsor to this attack by once again calling on his partners to allow him to use these weapons to hit targets, deep inside russia, currently, ukraine, they provided missiles to hit deep inside russia and they are saying if they are allowed to do so it will only escalate the war. ukrainian authorities say this weapon will only be used to hit military targets like airfields where ukrainian bombers take off an attack ukrainian cities. on friday, ukraine's president volodymyr zelensky fired the head of the country's air force after an f—16 fighter

jet crashed on thursday, killing its pilot. the f—16 was recently sent by nato allies. it crashed while aiming to shoot down russian missiles over ukraine. in a message to ukrainains, president zelensky explained his decision to replace mykola oleshchuk. translation: i'm infinitely . rateful translation: i'm infinitely grateful for _ translation: i'm infinitely grateful for our _ translation: i'm infinitely grateful for our military - grateful for our military pilots, air defence and everyone who really fights for ukraine, and their result. it is necessary if the team level as well you must strengthen and protect people, to protect personnel means to protect all of our soldiers. meanwhile moscow is withdrawing 100 paramilitary troops from the west african country burkina faso to fight against ukraine. the officers from the bear brigade — a russian private military company — will support russia's defence of its kursk region, as ukraine continues its incursion. 200 russian paramilitary troops will remain in burkina faso to help its militaryjunta. on saturday, at least 300 people were killed in one of the worst jihadist attacks in burkina faso in years. and — russia president vladimir putin is set to travel to mongolia.

it is first time mr putin will go to a country that is a signatory to the international criminal court since it issued a warrant for his arrest, alleging he committed war crimes. icc member nations are instructed to arrest mr putin upon his arrival, but the kremlin says it's not concerned. a spokesman said there are "no worries about this" and that russia has "a great dialogue" with its friends from mongolia. four palestinians have been killed in an israeli air strike that hit a vehicle accompanying a us aid convoy in the gaza strip. the convoy had been carrying food and fuel to the emirati red crescent hospital. in a statement, us—based aid charity anera says the rented vehicle was driven by locals to help secure the convoy. the israeli military says the car had been seized by gunmen, and it alleges that the four were militants. it follows a similar incident in which a world food programme truck was struckjust days ago. the vehicle was hit ten times by israeli military gunfire. the two staff members in the vehicle were unharmed.

for more analysis on all of this, i spoke with our state department correspondent tom bateman. tom, what do we know about what happened? well, this is a very established us based charity, anara, that's worked with palestinian refugees for many years. they were in charge of a convoy that was moving from the kerem shalom crossing with israel towards and taking desperately needed food and fuel to the emirati red crescent hospital in rafah yesterday. now, what the charity says happened was that the transport contractor that they use on the ground was operating the convoy when some locals, four men, they say, who they say had previously helped securing such convoys, offered to take over the lead position of the convoy because, as they said, of the risk of looting. now the charity says these people weren't vetted. this wasn't part of the coordination with the israelis. and after that happened, there was an israeli missile strike firing on that vehicle killing

the four palestinians inside. what the israeli military says is something different. they say that gunmen had seized a vehicle at the front of the convoy and taken it over, and therefore they targeted that vehicle and killed the people inside. so there is a discrepancy in the account. as for what the charity says, the head of the charity here in washington, dc said that in the end, this is a case of partners on the ground endeavouring to deliver aid successfully. he said this should not come at the cost of people's lives. what does it tell us, tom, do you think about the sometimes precarious situation that aid organisations on the ground are facing? well, i think there's two things to say. the first is it brings it right back to this issue about security around aid convoys. humanitarian convoys in gaza, which has been an increasingly desperate situation. earlier on in the conflict, the israelis started killing people who were securing convoys, saying that these were effectively hamas operatives because they're the local police in gaza. and of course, gaza is controlled by hamas.

now that had angered the americans who asked them to stop doing this because it was basically making the ability of delivering aid almost impossible. and we had some very serious fatal incidents around all of that. so that's the first thing. this issue still hasn't been resolved, and it brings it back to the kind of chaos and vacuum in gaza that makes it very difficult for these aid groups to secure convoys. the other point is just about the numbers of aid workers now killed — more than 280 in gaza since october, and that makes it, in recent years at least, the deadliest conflict for humanitarian workers that we've seen in recent years. as the humanitarian situation in gaza continues to worsen, full israel has agreed to a series of "humanitarian pauses" in gaza to allow for the vaccination of children against polio. the idf has agreed to implement the pauses starting on september 1st, in coordination with the world health organization. however, israel says the move doesn't amount to a ceasefire. hamas is also cooperating with international organisations to allow access for the vaccination effort.

the director general of the world health organization expressed his support for the vaccination programme. i welcome the commitment to humanitarian pauses in specific areas to allow vaccination campaign to be carried out. due to insecurity, damaged roads and infrastructure, and population movement and displacement, three days in each area is unlikely to be enough to achieve adequate coverage. we urge all parties to ensure their protection and that of health facilities and children. a humanitarian pause i welcome, but ultimately, the only solution to safeguard the health of the children of gaza is a cease fire. the best medicine is peace.

voters in two former east german states will go to the polls on sunday with the far—right alternative for germany party set to come out on top. the afd has built a strong base in the states of saxony and thuringia — and anger with chancellor olaf scholz�*s government is surging, especially after a knife attack last weekend in which three people were killed. the main suspect is a syrian asylum seeker who had been facing deportation. the anti—immigration party is now germany's fifth largest party. a win this weekend would be its first—ever state victory. our correspondent, jessica parker, sent this report. booing. boos and shouts aimed at chancellor olaf scholz, among them "traitor" and "warmonger". chancellor scholz has not been very visible during this campaign in the east. he's not exactly seen as an electoral asset, and the reception for him here, it's mixed. an argument in the crowd. the man on the left supports the far—right alternative for deutschland.

the man on the right does not. does germany feel divided to you at the moment? yeah. yes, they say. that's the one thing they can agree on. some upbeat music, but don't be fooled. there's tension in germany, especially around immigration. that's feeding the afd�*s popularity, a party in thuringia that's classed by domestic intelligence as right—wing extremist. some people in germany, they're not just critical of the afd, they say they're actually scared of the afd. translation: no-one wants to be called right-wing - extremist or nazis. we make conservative . politics, but it's far away from right—wing extremism. that's what people are being told every day, i and they fall for it. life looks good here, but something's bubbling in the former communist east.

what's driving this discontent? well, there's angst on issues ranging from immigration to germany sending weapons to ukraine, a deep frustration with the parties that have governed this country since reunification, and a dissatisfaction amongst people in east germany about what reunification has or hasn't delivered. you can constantly see where the east begins and where the west begins. better infrastructure, better industry, its more more concentration on the west, like.... and we are getting, like, forgotten. constantin, who says he'll support the afd, hops on his east german—made simpson sso moped. over decades, pride in the east was dented. many would dispute whether the far—right�*s the way to get it back, but here, that's where the momentum lies. jessica parker, bbc

news, in thuringia. with me in studio is benjamin alvarez gruber — a correspondent with dw news, germany's international broadcaster. this is not a new trend seeing the ascent of afd in east germany, but why are we seeing them experience a search right now where they could actually come out on top.— come out on top. that's what the polls _ come out on top. that's what the polls are _ come out on top. that's what the polls are showing - come out on top. that's what the polls are showing they i come out on top. that's what | the polls are showing they are running first in thuringia in saxony it is neck and neck with the christians in the centre right but there has been a search especially in the east where it is a stronghold of afd where it is a stronghold of afd where they have been pushing for that and pushing forward against other parties because there's something called the firewall in germany that means that all of the other parties would actually create a firewall to the afd so even if they come first in saxony is polls or subjects thing, they would not make it into the government because all of the other parties declined to form a coalition government with

them in the same of course would happen in saxony. afd has been pushing the far right, very anti—migrant agenda, there has been attack in germany only recently where a 26—year—old rejected his syrian refugee who should have been deported already from the country killed three people, he is the main suspect and of course afd has been using this and also other security incidents to keep pushing the agenda hoping to get good results. these two elections, another one and another eastern state and later september these three states make up 10% of the german population. of course they try to force the other parties to cooperate with them on a really small level in small towns and really small municipalities been trying to move it to the state level. that is of course along all of that they are trying to push to have more political power on a nationwide scale. �* , ., ., .,

scale. beyond the firewall, how is the centre _ scale. beyond the firewall, how is the centre and _ scale. beyond the firewall, how is the centre and chancellor- is the centre and chancellor olaf scholz�*s government answering this? olaf scholz's government answering this?— olaf scholz's government answering this? what they are doinu is answering this? what they are doing is showing _ answering this? what they are doing is showing the _ answering this? what they are doing is showing the actually l doing is showing the actually can have a security agenda, can deport people that should not be in the country any more. and of course this new deportation plan they came up with afghan convicted criminals deported back to afghanistan the first of three years was remarkable. the first time germany deported afghan national since the taliban took over three years ago. forthem it taliban took over three years ago. for them it is to give a sign to the other photos but of course afd said this is just public relations, that they are taking care of that now. working with key allies as the german government calls them because there is no diplomatic relationship between them and patella band, they had contact with doha and d's people leaving it open and having other deportation flights in the next weeks and months. eaten the next weeks and months. even if afd comes _ the next weeks and months. even if afd comes out _ the next weeks and months. even if afd comes out on _ the next weeks and months. even if afd comes out on top, - the next weeks and months. even if afd comes out on top, they will not leave the government into the states, but how

significant is it that they would come out the because partey? would come out the because parte ? , , .. ., partey? very significant. that is why so _ partey? very significant. that is why so many _ partey? very significant. that is why so many are _ partey? very significant. that is why so many are looking i partey? very significant. that is why so many are looking atj is why so many are looking at it notjust in germany, but in europe. we know that the party is not as big, they want to push against european institutions, the european parliament. germany has many members of the european parliament so that will be quite significant. it also changes the agenda because the other parties are trying to get, especially what the centre—right parties are trying to get those voters, wanting to vote for afd showing that they are tough on security as well. that is what many are seeing it as a more radicalised afd, more radicalised far—right party, one of the state leaders in thuringia who can be legally called a fascist after a court ruling in germany started appealing a conviction because he used nazi slowing —— slogans knowingly at two political rallies so gives you a sense of one of the most influential

politicians within afd is now in those legal troubles and that's what many are saying you see them more radicalised, more radicalised with the other parties, trying to regain voters, but what they are refuting —— using his deep roots especially in small towns in eastern part of this country and creating mistrust with political institutions and the media. that's what i also saw a reporting on afd in germany last year. bill reporting on afd in germany last year-— last year. all eyes on the selection _ last year. all eyes on the selection this _ last year. all eyes on the selection this weekend. l last year. all eyes on the - selection this weekend. thank you so much forjoining us from dw news. around the world and across the uk. this is bbc news. let's look at some other stories making news. a 41—year—old woman has been arrested on suspicion of murder after the death of a child in swansea. south wales police confirmed it is investigating the death at a house in the gendros area. it is known that the child and the woman lived together. the woman is in custody at bridgend, and police say they are not looking for anyone else in connection with the death. the house of commons' biggest landlord, a newly elected

labour mp, is renting out flats with black mould and ant infestations — the bbc has learnt. jas athwal, the mp for ilford south, owns 15 rental flats. tenants of some of these flats spoke of having to regularly scrub bathroom ceilings to remove mould — one told us of ants crawling up their child's body. mr athwal has denied this. the northwest switzerland city of basel will host next year's eurovision song contest. geneva had been widely regarded as the favourite. switzerland hosts the competition next may as they won this year's contest — with �*the code' performed by nemo. you're live with bbc news. here in the us, republican presidential nominee donald trump has been staking out his positions on pregnancy: how to start one, and how to end one. at a campaign event in michigan on thursday, mr trump said he would ensure all women have access to in—vitro fertilisation, either by funding it via the government, or by forcing employers' health insurance companies

to cover the procedure. in february, alabama's supreme court ruled that embryos created by ivf should be considered people. democrats tried to tie mr trump to that ruling, saying he won't protect access to fertility treatments. but mr trump has consistently supported access to ivf, and his new proposal is seen as attempt to neutralise the democrats' attacks. meanwhile, reviews are still coming in for kamala harris�*s thursday interview with cnn — her first since taking overfrom joe biden as the democratic candidate for president. ms harris focused on other issues important to american voters including securing the us border, fracking, and inflation. for more on all the state of the race, i spoke to angelo greco, a progressive democrat strategist, and republican strategist and partner at rokk solutions, ron bonjean. ron, i want to start with you and this focus on ivf that we saw from donald trump.

what do you make of donald trump's statements saying that he wants either the government or insurance companies to provide coverage for ivf? i mean, wouldn't this possibly put him at odds with the more conservative wing and evangelicals in his party? yeah, no, it certainly would. but what this is all about, and this is what we're seeing from trump, and also harris is sort of the race to the middle. trump knows that he needs suburban women, independents to come his way. right now, harris is leading in the polls — narrowly. um, it's going to be a neck and neck race. and by talking about this type of issue in this way, he's signalling that he's willing to moderate his positions. now, where are the anti—abortion folks going to go? they're not likely going to vote for harris because she's pro—choice. so either they stay home or they go vote vote for donald trump. he's taking that risk. angelo, what do you think this leaves kamala harris

and tim walz on this issue, specifically because they've really tried to nail down bothjd vance and donald trump as being anti—ivf, as being damaging to a woman's rights to to choose autonomy over her own body. do you think that this could then throw a wrench in that messaging? i agree with what my colleague said about this being now a race towards the middle and appealing to the wider public. but on this particular issue, we have a history and the democrats are trying to draw a contrast with donald trump. quite frankly, the history, the facts, the voting record speaks for itself. and so when you have candidates such as kamala harris and tim walz talking reproductive freedom, where the states currently are and the rollback of those reproductive rights — i think there's no comparison, there's no daylight between the two of them, in that there's one side that tries to restore roe and maintain reproductive freedoms, where the others are speaking from both sides of their mouth because they know they're in trouble. the polling shows it, and they're making a move towards the middle because they

know that they have to. quite frankly, i don't know if voters will buy it, because the history of what they've fought for and what they've proposed actually shows different results. all right. well, the polls do show these two neck and neck right now. so, ron, you know, after this big interview that kamala harris and her running mate tim walz did, what do you think she would need to do to move the needle with, you know, the battleground states being such a focus? well, i mean, se really needs to really start talking about specifics regarding the economy, regarding the border, regarding issues that americans really care about. you know, one of the top those are those are the, i believe, the top two issues right now. um, you know, in the cnn interview, she was really light on specifics. i mean, asked what she was going to do on day one. she talked about doing an opportunity economy, not like a specific bill

or a specific executive order. i think we're going to see a lot come out during the debate. i think americans are wanting to see kamala harris for who she is and notjust the scripted, you know, scripted person and, and getting, you know, the scene interview to me was rather a much more of a softball interview, in my opinion. i mean, she does have a voting record. my colleague just talked about donald trump and jd vance having to answerfor theirs. well, she has one, too. and i thought there were rather light on the questioning on the follow—up questioning regarding her positions. all right, angelo, i want to ask you about battleground states as well, because we see donald trump in pennsylvania while kamala harris and tim walz have been in georgia. what do you think of that strategy of these states that they're focusing on right now just after the convention? that's right. and i think you're seeing the harris walz campaign make a play in all of those swing states, those battlegrounds. we have staff there, staffing and not onlyjust pouring in money on advertising

in those places, but they're ramping up with their on the ground operations. i think it makes sense. i think all of those states are in play. it's going to be a very close race. arizona, georgia, pennsylvania, specifically. we saw for the first time since the 19905 a presidential candidate swing through savannah. they're making a play, and they're making sure that they're in every part of those states. ron, what do you think of this? because they certainly are making a play for georgia. but it does seem like the republicans, especially jd vance, really are focusing on the rust belt and pennsylvania in particular. yeah. what it shows is that she's trying to increase different paths to victory. georgia's going to be a little more difficult. that's why she's there trying to, you know, trying to get out the rural more. she knows the cities are going to come out for her like atlanta. but she's trying to appeal to more of the rural constituencies, trying to shore that up, because, you know, right now, i mean, the real states in play are pennsylvania, you know, wisconsin. for example, um, you

know, just those two states in particular. you never know where it's going to head. i mean, it could all boil down to pennsylvania. so, look, this is going to be very tight. we're talking about slivers of independence. tens of thousands of voters, not millions. um, who are going to make this decision? we've seen this in 2020 and 2016, and that's why they're focussed on the rust belt states. we just have about 30s left. but how high are the stakes then for the debate on september 10th? they're very high and i want to go back to what my colleague said about kamala harris being light on the issues. if you did listen to the interview, iwould disagree. she immediately talked about a new path forward, putting the donald trump era behind us, and immediately talked about the opportunity economy, which if you do listen a little bit more, i would advise my colleague to understand that's talking about price gouging, making sure that inflation and really putting in an effort for the middle class to be expanded. the supreme court of the us state of maryland has reinstated the murder conviction of adnan syed,

whose case was the subject of the hit podcast serial. my syed was freed in 2022, after spending more than 20 years in prison fighting charges that he killed his ex—girlfriend. he was cleared after prosecutors said he was wrongfully convicted of killing hae min lee in 1999. but last year an appeals court reinstated that conviction, saying the lower court failed to give her brother sufficient notice of the hearing that freed mr syed. the maryland supreme court's ruling means the case will now return to a lower court for a new hearing. mr syed will remain free in the meantime. tributes are pouring in for american hockey starjohnny gaudreau after he and his brother matthew were killed after being hit by a car. mr gaudreau played for the colombus bluejackets. he and his younger brother were allegedly hit while riding their bikes on a rural road in newjersey. the driver is suspected of driving under the influence. johnny gaudraeu was nicknamed johnny hockey, scoring 215 goals over his 11—year career with the bluejackets and calgary flames.

stay with us here on bbc news. thank you so much for watching bbc news and don't forget to check out our website for all of the latest updates around the clock. i'm assuming some stunned in washington, stay with us. the start of meteorological autumn but in spite of that there is some warmth and some humidity on the way, warm and humidity on the way, warm and humid conditions and drove a lot of showers and thunderstorms across the western side of constance to europe during friday, the warm and humid airwafting its europe during friday, the warm and humid air wafting its way northwards over the weekend and while there will be some spells of sunshine, he also the chance of sunshine, he also the chance of some pretty intense thunderstorms, although, lot of uncertainty about exactly how many of those there will be and where they make crop up.

into southern parts of england, perhaps south wales, and the chance of one or two showers and perhaps the odd thunderstorm across the channel islands and perhaps south—east england later in the day. a breeze will keep things cool close to these north sea coasts — 17 for aberdeen and newcastle. more generally, though, 19 to 22 or 23 degrees, so quite a warm day. quite warm and humid overnight, through saturday night into sunday, especially across the south, and we will see further, very well—scattered showers and thunderstorms pushing northwards, i think especially across some eastern counties of england. 16 degrees the overnight low in london, a cooler 9 degrees there for glasgow. as we go through sunday, well, that warm, humid air continues to push northwards. with it, quite a lot of cloud and the chance for one or two of those showers and thunderstorms. if they do crop up, they could bring a lot of rain, perhaps some squally winds, maybe some hail thrown in, especially across eastern england, but many spots will avoid the showers and stay dry. 19 to maybe 27 or 28 degrees down towards the south—east. now, through sunday night,

we will see further showers and thunderstorms, perhaps most especially across eastern england. but low pressure's swirling in from the west, and that means from monday, there will be a lot of cloud, there will be some outbreaks of rain. some of that rain will be heavy, possibly thundery. it could really be quite misty and murky around some coasts out towards the west, but we will see some spells of sunshine as well. still getting up to around 25 degrees across parts of east anglia, but out towards the west, things will be turning cooler and fresher. and that sets the theme, really, through the middle part of the week — some cooler conditions, some rain at times. it might warm up again, though, for some of us by the end of the week.

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this week, we're in spain... ..for decades, a summer favourite of families and package holiday—makers looking for some guaranteed sunshine. this month alone, around 10 million of us will have paid the country a visit. so as peak season there reaches its height, we wanted to revisit some of our adventures on the spanish mainland, starting in the southern region of andalucia, home to some eye—catching names — seville, cordoba, granada and the costa del sol. but amid all the recumbent sun worshippers spread out

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