welcome to bbc news. our top stories. stuffed ballots, covered—up cameras. evidence of fraud in russia's elections, as president putin's party heads for a majority in parliament. a major volcanic eruption on la palma in spain's canary islands for the first time in 50 years forces villagers from their homes. the noise coming from the volcano, it sounds like 20 fighterjets taking off and it is extremely loud. hundreds of migrants stuck on the us mexico border are flown back home to haiti. and rolling out the red carpet in la as televisions biggest stars arrive for the emmy awards.

the results are coming in after russia's three—day elections, with president putin's united russia emerging as clearly the largest party in parliament. the central election commission says with 25 percent of the ballots counted, united russia hasjust over 44 percent of the vote. it's still quite early in the process but that's down from more than 54% at the last elections in 2016. few critics of the kremlin were allowed to run — with supporters ofjailed opposition leader alexei navalny among those affected. from moscow, steve rosenberg reports. there's something different about a russian election. polling stations turn into music halls. buses turn into

polling stations. we found this parked just outside of moscow. we asked, why in a bus? he couldn't explain. the authorities say the vote was transparent and fair. it looks like a regular election — there are voters and there are parties to vote for. but, most opposition politicians and activists, in other words the kremlin�*s most vocal critics are barred from the ballot. and talking of ballots... at polling station 475 a hooded woman is caught on camera, apparently stuffing ballot boxes. she finishes one pile, and then out comes another. and it goes on and on. and here, someone is using a mop to cover up cctv, but they forgot about the other camera that caught them pushing up the handle.

at this moscow call centre, an independent vote monitor says it's been made aware of more than 4,000 possible instances of fraud in this election. if you talk about standards, some european standards that were assigned by russia too, russian elections are not free and fair when we compare it with the standards. russia's state election commission concedes there have been some issues at some polling stations, and says it's taken appropriate action, but it denies violations are widespread. as for the result, no real surprise, the kremlin�*s party on course to win the race that was run according to the kremlin�*s rules. steve rosenberg, bbc news, moscow. we'rejoined now by maria snegovaya, visiting fellow in european, russian and eurasian studies at george washington university.

thanks forjoining us. can i ask you this first. we have this figure from results so far of 44% for united russia. is that going to grow do you think is the results coming, otherwise it looks pretty poor. yes, absolutely. good evening. as a matter of fact, if you compare this current number, 45% with what united russia got backin 45% with what united russia got back in 2016, which was 54% at this time, this is definitely very low and this is the number by the way and it's happening against all the repressions, falsifications, banning independent candidates from running and demotivating the opposition, the opposition minded voters from participating so it's a bad result for united russia is now, but we do have major sources of possible fraud or

possible winning options for united russia. those are first of all the candidates from the districts were united russia is leading and that's probably the strategy for it to win the majority of votes this time round. another such source of possible fraud is coming from electronic voting. it's the new system that's been introduced and a lot of people say it is impossible to monitor how the results will be produced by the authorities. as we speak, moscow has not released results from the electronic voting, which is truly dramatic. we wait to see _ which is truly dramatic. we wait to see that _ which is truly dramatic. we wait to see that of course. what does it tell you about the independent candidates and those who have stood in their ability to act may be not as a coherent whole, but to persuade voters to vote for anyone who is not united russia? we

definitely _ is not united russia? we definitely see, _ is not united russia? - definitely see, based on the results you cited yourself, that the resentment and frustration with the current status quo in russia is very high and that's why you see united russia ranking quite poorly amongst voters. we also see that that the voters strategy from alexi nell varney has worked quite well. as of now we can see that the candidates who were backed by his smart voting campaign received 12 out of 13 districts in moscow and all eight in saint petersburg, which is remarkable given the degree of oppression, banning all of the information about this smart voting campaign and whatnot stop from that perspective, you can see that people are frustrated and definitely willing to act collectively. unfortunately the authorities are also doing their best to stop them from coordinating.

that certainly seems to be the case. 0bviously still relatively early days on the results coming in. maria, thank you very much forjoining us from george washington university. a volcano has erupted on the spanish canary island of la palma. homes have been destroyed but it's not yet clear how many. a two—kilometre—wide exclusion zone has been set up around the volcano, and the spanish prime minister has postponed a diplomatic trip to go to the scene. courtney bembridge has more. for the first time in half a century, the volcano erupted. fountains of molten rock shooting hundreds of metres into the sky and incandescent orange rivers flowing towards the hillside. the island has been on high alert for the past week because of huge increase in tremors and thousands of people were told to leave their homes. the eruption started in the afternoon. plumes of smoke could be seen from across the island and eyewitnesses describe hearing

a loud explosion. the noise coming from the volcano, it sounds like 20 fighterjets taking off and it is extremely loud. i don't know how to explain it. it was powerful. powerful. to feel a sudden explosion like that. i can imagine it would be so sudden. two hours later with rivers of lava edging down the hillside, soldiers were deployed to help get people out. the prime minister has arrived after postponing his trip to new york for the united nations general assembly. we are very mindful of the fires - that could break out i after these eruptions.

so, we have notjust deployed notjust firefighters. but the military unit. i want to acknowledge the work that the red cross are doing. feeding those who were. forced from their homes. experts say it is not clear how long the eruption will last and it's going to be an anxious wait for residents. this is the current scene live from the spanish island of la palma, in the canaries. it even makes the night sky look— it even makes the night sky look like. _ it even makes the night sky look like, but _ it even makes the night sky look like, but that - it even makes the night sky look like, but that is - it even makes the night sky look like, but that is the - look like, but that is the scene _ look like, but that is the scene right— look like, but that is the scene right now. - a large fire has broken out at a migrant camp on the greek island of samos. around 300 people had been housed there — but they were due to be moved to a new �*closed' camp on monday. so far there are no reports

of any injuries or deaths, and officials say the situation now seems to be under control. as far as we know, so far we are at the end of the fire, as it seems now. we've had no report of anybody getting injured and people that said to us there was no one living at that area, out of 350 people that area, out of 350 people that area, out of 350 people that are still here, 270 declared voluntarily that they want to move from the camp, so i don't believe they had any reason to set the fire. france has cancelled a meeting between the country's armed forces minister and her british counterpart planned for later this week. it comes days after australia scrapped a submarine order with paris in favour of a new defence pact with washington and london. france responded by withdrawing its ambassadors from both washington and canberra. in afghanistan, the interim taliban mayor of kabul has told female city employees in the capital to stay at home unless they are in jobs where they can't easily

be replaced by men. hamdullah nomani said it was necessary to stop women from working for a while. a faction of the philippines�* governing party has nominated champion boxer and current senator, manny pacquaio, as its presidential candidate for next year's election. mr pacquiao accepted the nomination after a rivalfaction nominated president rodrigo duterte as its choice for vice president. the philippines�* constitution bars mr duterte from running for a second term. hundreds of would—be immigrants camped under a motorway bridge on the us mexico border have been flown back to their home country of haiti. us immigration officials won't confirm details, but it's widely reported that three full passenger planes have arrived in the haitian capital, port au prince. the bbc�*s central america correspondent will grant

has more. makeshift migrant camps are nothing new on the us and mexico border, but not like this one. under a mexico border, but not like this one. undera bridge mexico border, but not like this one. under a bridge inside the united states, there are some 12,000 mainly haitian migrants in the small texas border town. migrants in the small texas bordertown. in migrants in the small texas border town. in searing heat and with an extra nice facilities, conditions are rapidly deteriorating. —— with next to no facilities. the border agents are struggling to cope, and infact border agents are struggling to cope, and in fact the mayor said that the entire town is struggling. said that the entire town is struggling-— said that the entire town is stru~lin~. ., , ., struggling. the migrants are nettina struggling. the migrants are getting agitated _ struggling. the migrants are getting agitated and - struggling. the migrants are getting agitated and the - struggling. the migrants are i getting agitated and the border patrol cannot keep up with feeding, during lunchtime. the facilities, the quality of live, the standard of living is all being stretched beyond its capabilities. this is unprecedented. this is beyond surreal. this is affecting everybody in this community. yet still they keep coming, crossing a point of shallow

water from crossing a point of shallow waterfrom mexico. these people have taken perhaps the most treacherous migrantjourney in treacherous migrant journey in latin treacherous migrantjourney in latin america to reach this point. from haiti, most travel to south america and then head north, even crossing the thick jungle of the darien gap between colombia and panama. many migrants don't make it past that point. but it is not just haitians in the group. cuban and nicaraguan migrants too are in the camp, pushed out by economic and political crises and the covid pandemic. the biden administration has begun the process of moving the migrants to processing facilities and detention centres elsewhere. the state's republican government used the moment to criticise the administration's handling of the crisis on the border. the --eole the crisis on the border. the peeple who _ the crisis on the border. the people who are _ the crisis on the border. tue: people who are under the crisis on the border. tte: people who are under that bridge right now will be relocated by the united states department of defence. some are going to arizona, others are going to arizona, others are going to arizona, others are going to california. 0thers

going to california. others might be going to laredo, we were told, but one thing we know for a fact is that there is nothing but uncertainty and indecision by the biden administration about exactly what they are going to do. iiit what they are going to do. in the short term at least, what the short term at least, what the biden administration is most likely to do is start flying the migrants back to haiti. 0fficials flying the migrants back to haiti. officials have said flights to port au prince will step up in the coming days, so many who left the impoverished, crisis wracked caribbean nation, in some cases as long ago as the 2010 earthquake, may soon find themselves back there, facing a similarly bleak outlook. will grant, bbc news, mexico. stay with us on bbc news, still to come: canadians prepare to vote in monday's parliamentary elections, in a snap poll called by prime minister trudeau.

benjohnson, the fastest man on earth, is flying home to canada in disgrace. and i am happy justice is served. it is a simple fact that this morning these people were in their homes and tonight those homes have been burnt down by serbian soldiers and police. all the taliban positions along here have been strengthened, presumably in case the americans invaded. it's no use having a secret service which cannot preserve its own secrets against the world, so the british government has no option but to continue this action, even after any adverse judgment in australia. concorde had crossed the atlantic faster than any plane ever before, breaking the record by six minutes.

this is bbc news, the latest headlines. early results from russia's marathon three—day elections show president vladimir putin's party set to retain a parliamentary majority. a volcano erupts a parliamentary majority. spectacularly on la palma a parliamentary majority. in spain's canary islands, spewing out lava, ash and smoke and forcing the evacuation of local villages. canadians go to the polls on monday in an election taking place two years early. prime ministerjustin trudeau called the snap poll last month, seeking to capitalise on public approval for his handling of the covid—19 pandemic to form a majority government. but the latest opinion poll points to an extremely tight race, with mr trudeau virtually neck—and—neck with his conservative rival erin 0'toole. from montreal, samira hussain reports:

in the remaining hours of the campaign, prime minister justin trudeau is in his element. greeting voters, his charm on full display. but it wasn't always this much fun. many canadians are just plain frustrated. worried about the economy, the vaccine mandates, that this election was even called in the first place. some of that anger has come out in very un—canadian ways. for many struggling to keep their livelihoods intact and businesses open, mr trudeau's decision to hold a second election in less than two years feels like an unwanted distraction. i have so many worries right now. everyday is a worry. we're not through the pandemic. so, do i have enough mental space and heart space to even worry about the elections? we are still worrying about keeping the doors open

and staying in business. the son of a former prime minister, he carries the most famous name in canadian politics, but he also carries the burden of canada's liberal history and it's coming up against some very modern conservative energy. the leader of the conservative party and mr trudeau's main challenger is painting him as a politician born with a silver spoon in his mouth. every canadian has met a justin trudeau in their lives. priviledged. entitled. and always looking out for number one. he was looking out for number one when he called this expensive and unnecessary election in the middle of a pandemic. here in western canada, support for the conservatives is strongest, but the election is not the top of mind for farmers who are dealing with some of the driest conditions on record. this is a long way from the country's political heartland. how can they help?

they can't make it rain, - they can't make the field grow. if someone gives us some money, all it does is that now your - bill of hay that was $100 is now $120.| justin trudeau decided to have this betting that he could have more success after leading canada through to the pandemic into a bigger majority and a firmer hold on power. but it is not entirely clear that that bet will actually pay off. such is canada's disillusionment with this election, it is even possible that he may lose power altogether. some of the biggest names on television will gather in los angeles tonight for the emmy awards, honouring the best tv of the past year. there are high hopes for british talent with the crown leading the nominations along with the london based football comedy ted lasso earning 20 nominations.

we can now speak to jazz tangcay who is the senior artisans editor at variety magazine. she is also on the awards team analyzing the emmys and oscar races. thank you forjoining us. i suppose the first thing is, there is a buzz about it again. yes, the emmys, back in person, they had an incredible award show last year at the height of the pandemic and they are back. 600 people in the room, all covid tested unvaccinated. people are excited to be back on the red card it —— carpet. you will bejumping up and winning the big honours? tt you will be jumping up and winning the big honours? if the windin: winning the big honours? if the winding so _ winning the big honours? if the winding so far _ winning the big honours? if the winding so far is _ winning the big honours? if the winding so far is anything - winning the big honours? if the winding so far is anything to . winding so far is anything to go winding so far is anything to 9° by winding so far is anything to go by so far, the crown, we have seen tobias menzies win for outstanding supporting actor and gillian anderson and peter morgan also win, so maybe

the crown at the end of the evening, which would be huge for netflix. tt evening, which would be huge for netflix— for netflix. it would, wouldn't it? or maybe _ for netflix. it would, wouldn't it? or maybe kate _ for netflix. it would, wouldn't it? or maybe kate winslet. i for netflix. it would, wouldn't l it? or maybe kate winslet. you mention kate _ it? or maybe kate winslet. you mention kate winslet _ it? or maybe kate winslet. you mention kate winslet for - it? or maybe kate winslet. you mention kate winslet for mayor of these town and i thought that was magnificent, but is she in with a chance or will she in with a chance or will she be pipped by queen's gambit? t she be pipped by queen's gambit? ~' ., she be pipped by queen's gambit? ~ ., ., , ., ., gambit? i think two hours ago i would have _ gambit? i think two hours ago i would have said _ gambit? i think two hours ago i would have said i _ gambit? i think two hours ago i would have said i don't - gambit? i think two hours ago i would have said i don't know, l would have said i don't know, butjulianne nicholson winning could be a good sign for kate maybe after an hour or so. and evan peters also winning as well. it would be odd if she didn't win, but who knows quest markets the emmys.— markets the emmys. exactly. what i markets the emmys. exactly. what i do _ markets the emmys. exactly. what i do want _ markets the emmys. exactly. what i do want to _ markets the emmys. exactly. what i do want to know - markets the emmys. exactly. what i do want to know is, i markets the emmys. exactly. i what i do want to know is, what is the value of these for these particular networks and you mention netflix that we are all familiar with but the competition grows almost year

by year, doesn't it, with other groups coming into the fold. how much of a selling point is it to have these awards sitting on the company shelf? this it to have these awards sitting on the company shelf?- on the company shelf? this is hue for on the company shelf? this is huge for netflix. _ on the company shelf? this is huge for netflix. they - huge for netflix. they dominated last weekend at the creative arts awards with 3a victories and i think their tally, they have scooped four awards right now, so they have never won this and it looks like it might be a big win for the crown and that would be huge for them as a streaming platform to be recognised. there is a lot of value in that. �* , , ., there is a lot of value in that. �* ,, ., ., , that. apple tv have ted lasso as a comedy — that. apple tv have ted lasso as a comedy which _ that. apple tv have ted lasso as a comedy which has - that. apple tv have ted lasso as a comedy which has been i as a comedy which has been nominated for pretty much everything and has to come away with something. t everything and has to come away with something.— with something. i think very hard to beat. _ with something. i think very hard to beat. ted _ with something. i think very hard to beat. ted lasso - with something. i think very hard to beat. ted lasso was loved, it was everywhere, it has won two of them already so far and as we speak they are doing the comedy writing and

directing, so, yes, the brits are well loved tonight. tqm. are well loved tonight. ok, thank you _ are well loved tonight. ok, thank you very _ are well loved tonight. ok, thank you very much - are well loved tonight. 0k, thank you very much indeed and enjoy the rest of the evening. thank you so much. king willem—alexander of the netherlands has inaugurated a monument dedicated to all the dutch victims of the holocaust — at a ceremony in amsterdam. it lists 102,000 jewish people who were killed by the nazis, as well as more than 200 sinti and roma. the bbc�*s tim allman reports. the holocaust was a crime committed in so many places. with so many victims. more than 100,000 of them who are named here. the first such memorial in the netherlands, dedicated to a dark chapter in the country's history.- country's history. this monument _ country's history. this monument confronts l country's history. this i monument confronts us country's history. this - monument confronts us with country's history. t�*t 3 monument confronts us with the criminal murder of thousands, murdered for no other reason than their identity. in doing

so, the monument also demands accountability. accountability as to whether moore should have been done during the war years to save those who were murdered. to save those who were murdered-— to save those who were murdered. ., , ., , murdered. the netherlands was occu - ied murdered. the netherlands was occuoied for _ murdered. the netherlands was occupied for much _ murdered. the netherlands was occupied for much of _ murdered. the netherlands was occupied for much of the - murdered. the netherlands was| occupied for much of the second world war, and three quarters of the country's jewish population were killed. most by the nazis, but some by local collaborators. a difficult legacy to deal with. and king willem—alexander met with some of the survivors, seated next to the wall with some of the victims names inscribed. t victims names inscribed. i thought it was emotional. i just— thought it was emotional. i just saw— thought it was emotional. i just saw the name of a friend of mine _ just saw the name of a friend of mine. not anne frank or anyone _ of mine. not anne frank or anyone famous, but a friend of mine — anyone famous, but a friend of mine and _ anyone famous, but a friend of mine and i_ anyone famous, but a friend of mine. and i found it hard to read — mine. and i found it hard to read i_ mine. and i found it hard to read. i knew she was dead, of course — read. i knew she was dead, of course i— read. i knew she was dead, of course. i still keep a picture of her— course. i still keep a picture of her home. its course. i still keep a picture of her home.— course. i still keep a picture of her home. as one survivor ut it, of her home. as one survivor put it. this — of her home. as one survivor put it, this monument - of her home. as one survivor put it, this monument is - of her home. as one survivor put it, this monument is a i put it, this monument is a tribute that can never be erased, and a warning that can

never be forgotten. visitors to venice have been treated to an unusual sight on the italian city's famous canals. a boat shaped like a giant violin was launched amongst the gondolas this weekend. on board, a quartet of classical musicians have been serenading passers—by, with works by the venetian composer, vivaldi. the craft was built by a local artist as a tribute to victims of covid and to symbolise the rebirth of venice after the pandemic. this is the current scene live from la palma where a volcano continues to erupt, spewing out lava, ash and a huge column of smoke. we know that the villages have

been cleared out of the way, but it carries on. you are watching bbc news. hello there. we start this new week off on a fine note thanks to high—pressure and we should see quite a bit of sunshine around and it will feel quite warm in the afternoon. both today and into tuesday. then towards the end of the week, we will see an active jet spin up deep areas of low pressure which could bring more autumnal to our shores. gales and outbreaks of rain and it will feel cooler too. for today, fronts pushing to the northwest of scotland, yesterday's weather front still straddling east anglia and the southeast with quite a bit of cloudy times, some showers around, the odd heavy one too. and it starts a bit wetter for northwest scotland through the day with a few showers for northern ireland. the best of the sunshine will be in a good slice of central portions of the uk but we'll

see highs of 21 degrees. generally into the high teens where we have more cloud. as we head through monday night, the weather fronts in the northwest sink southeastwards, fizzling out leaving no more than a band of cloud and maybe the odd shower. eventually, we lose that weather front across east anglia and the southeast. where skies clear it will be quite cool, single digits butjust holding onto the cloud around ten to maybe 12 degrees. so, we start tuesday offwith our area of high pressure dominating the scene, but we have a deep low spinning up to the north of the uk. lots of isobars here, but it will be quite windy across the northern half of the uk, cloud coming and going for the northwest of scotland and maybe just a few showers, particularly by the end of the day but for the rest of the country, england and wales, eastern scotland a lovely day with temperatures reaching 20 degrees in aberdeen, 21 or 22 further south. we start to see some changes after tuesday. 0ur area of high pressure begins to pull away and allows this deep low to influence our weather and indeed wednesday is the autumn equinox. it will be feeling more autumnal across the uk.

a band of rain spreading into scotland and northern ireland will be followed by sunshine and blustery shadows of the and gales developing in the north. a breezy day as well to the south of this rain band. for much of england but anotherfine one, getting the sunshine out, temperatures 20 to 22 degrees feeling quite warm. and wednesday it looks like being the last day because behind the front into thursday temperatures drop a deep blow, spins up across the north of the uk and we think that will bring widespread gales. it's turning cooler across all areas. thursday and friday will be windy particularly across the north of the uk with gales and outbreaks of rain.

this is bbc news. the headlines: the polls have closed in russia's parliamentary elections, with president putin's united russia emerging as clearly the largest party. with 25 percent of the ballots counted, it has just over 44 percent of the vote. few anti—putin critics were allowed to run and there've been claims of widespread voter fraud. a volcano has erupted on the spanish canary island of la palma. homes have been destroyed but it's not yet clear how many. a two—kilometre—wide exclusion zone has been set up around the volcano, and the spanish prime minister has postponed a diplomatic trip to go to the scene. some of the biggest names on television are gathering in los angeles for the emmy awards, honouring the best tv of the past year. there are high hopes for british talent with "the crown"

leading the nominations along with the london based football comedy "ted lasso" earning 20 nominations.