this is bbc news with the latest headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. as their casulties continue to grow could ukraine be pressured to making concessions? the mayor of kyiv tells the bbc —— peace talks can wait. tens of thousands of people have marched in central london calling on the government to do more to help tackle the cost of living crisis.

militants in afghanistan attack a sikh place of worship in kabul, killing two people — the latest assault on religious minorities there. and more than 30 people are killed in northern bangladesh as heavy monsoon storms trigger lightning and landslides. hello and welcome if you're watching in the uk or around the world. the mayor of kyiv, vitali klitschko, has told the bbc his country will only enter peace talks after the last russian soldier has left ukraine. some ukrainian officials have expressed concerns their country may be pushed towards a peace deal with russia, as the war continues to put pressure on food and energy supplies. borisjohnson has meanwhile warned of ukraine fatigue setting in after returning from his trip to kyiv on friday. our correspondent nick beake

reports from kyiv. singing. the russians killed roman ratushny on the 9th ofjune. today, his father buried him, before returning to the front line. a funeral for a 24—year—old who answered the call to defend his country. his grandmother, joined by hundreds who came to bid him farewell. with so many young lives being lost every day, some now ask whether ukraine should make concessions to moscow. kyiv�*s mayor and former heavyweight boxing champion says it must not happen. they are ready to talk with russians about some compromises. if the last russian soldier left ukraine, this would be the time to talk, but not yet. russians have to go. go from our homeland.

the coffin was brought to independence square, where they remembered the young democracy activist. a scene of public grief in an embattled and bereaved country. they may not all be on this scale but funerals are taking place across ukraine. we know that many russian soldiers are dying, too. young lives continue to be lost in this war that vladimir putin started. it is a big tragedy for russians, for the russian situation, people do not understand that right now. but they realised very soon the reality — also, the russians die. for what? ambition of putin? roman ratushny�*s mother will not be

the last mother to grieve, neither here in ukraine nor in russia, in this war of mounting pain. nick beake, bbc news in kyiv. earlier, i spoke to ukraine's former defence minister, andriy zagorodnyuk, who is in kyiv, to ask him what military hardware the ukrainians need and what have they been promised. let me start from the fact that pressure could not establish a superiority, which means domination in the skies. that means they cannot fly over our territory and bomb us with weapons or missiles and so on. they do this but they do this from the russian territory, which means that the most effective weapon, after combative patient, are the

so—called multiple rocket launchers, long range fire equipment, missiles which are shot from inland, from the specialised equipment, which is known as himars, and this is what we have been asking, because this is the most effective in the artillery war, which we currently have in the east of ukraine. there has been a discussion with the us that they are providing for and that is great, of course. also, united kingdom provides several. germany last week said they will give us a couple. but we need in the range of a hundred. obviously, these are not members which would make a substantial difference and help us to turn the war effort into the counteroffensive which we very much hope we can do. what is your understanding as to why it is taking so long and why the numbers are, when you talk about four, compared to the hundred that you actually need, what is your

understanding as to why the numbers are so low? , ., , understanding as to why the numbers are so low? , . , ., are so low? every time allies are ”rovidin are so low? every time allies are providing us _ are so low? every time allies are providing us with _ are so low? every time allies are providing us with new _ are so low? every time allies are providing us with new weapons, | are so low? every time allies are - providing us with new weapons, there is a period when they are discussion and thinking whether this will escalate the war much bigger, but what we are arguing is that this won't happen because russia are exhausting their capabilities so there is no real risk of third world war whatever. there is no real risk of third world warwhatever. in there is no real risk of third world war whatever. in any way, it takes time. and as soon as the decision is made, it takes time to logistically deliver, and we could be waiting for weeks and weeks and weeks, and unfortunately the death toll in ukraine is extremely high and we are quite anxious to make this as fast as possible. quite anxious to make this as fast as possible-— quite anxious to make this as fast as ossible. ~ . ~ ., ., as possible. what kind of an impact with that kind — as possible. what kind of an impact with that kind of— as possible. what kind of an impact with that kind of weaponry - as possible. what kind of an impact with that kind of weaponry make, l as possible. what kind of an impact l with that kind of weaponry make, say in places like the donbas whether ukrainian military is outnumbered? yes, and outgunned. we can stoke

russian offensive and actually turn it into a counteroffensive and we can start pushing them out of our country. it is that much. so, it actually can be a game changer, completely. actually can be a game changer, completely-— actually can be a game changer, comletel . �* _, , ., completely. and when it comes to the -tatholo completely. and when it comes to the pathology of — completely. and when it comes to the pathology of peace — completely. and when it comes to the pathology of peace talks, _ completely. and when it comes to the pathology of peace talks, when - completely. and when it comes to the pathology of peace talks, when you i pathology of peace talks, when you hear words like ukraine coming to a compromise, what does that make you feel? what did you see as a potential compromise? is it even possible? potential compromise? is it even ossible? ~ potential compromise? is it even ossible? , ., potential compromise? is it even ossible? ~ , ., ., possible? well, those people who are sa int possible? well, those people who are sa in: like possible? well, those people who are saying like that. _ possible? well, those people who are saying like that, they _ possible? well, those people who are saying like that, they don't _ saying like that, they don't understand putting's intentions and strategic goals. his goal is to destroy ukraine. he has his own weird ukraine philosophy, where he believes it does not exist. we don't want that, we want to keep living as a free nation, a democratic nation. unfortunately, those disagreements are so huge that unless putin leaves

our country, nobody sees realistically any real prospects for whatever compromise. that realistically any real prospects for whatever compromise.— realistically any real prospects for whatever compromise. that was the former defence _ whatever compromise. that was the former defence minister _ whatever compromise. that was the former defence minister of - whatever compromise. that was the former defence minister of ukraine. i thousands of people have marched through central london today, calling on the government to do more to tackle the cost of living. the trades union congress demanded a "better deal" for people struggling to cope. the government has said it's providing a package of measures to help with rising costs. here's our political correspondent nick eardley. from the weekly shop to the price of filling up the car, all of us have seen the cost of living go up. today in london, unions called for better pay, but argued the government risked looking out of touch. we've got millions of workers who are really struggling, we need to see a good increase in the national minimum wage, we need to see fair pay increases for nurses and public service workers across the board. and we need fair pay agreements. but ministers say that if you put up pay too much, that could just push up

prices further, too. the prime minister says the country will get through the cost of living squeeze. i sympathise very much - with everybody who is facing pressures caused by the cost - of living, but what i would argue is that we will get through it, we will come through - on the other side strongly. don't forget we've got virtually record low unemployment, - the lowest for many, many years. lowest youth unemployment for a long time. _ the cost of living is perhaps the biggest challenge facing the government, one that will be key for millions of voters. ministers have already announced support packages, discounts for bills in the autumn, and more help for those who need it the most. ministers are also looking at ways to keep household costs down, without necessarily spending more taxpayer cash, things like cutting red tape or persuading supermarkets to keep their costs down. but pay is going to be a key debate,

with costs going up so much, many think their pay should too. the treasury, though, thinks that any pay rises need to be restrained, or inflation might get even worse. it was increases in pay that was on the mind of marchers. we have been on the front line, we just want some sort of pay rise, some sort of acknowledgement of the hard work that we do in the nhs. teachers have had a real terms pay cut of 20% in , the last 12 months. and the way things are going, that is just going to get worse over the next 12 months. i am just hoping that enough people l have come here today to really letl the government know that something needs to change and _ something needs to happen. this is a political issue that is dominating the minds of politicians. the answers are not simple. nick eardley, bbc news. militants in afghanistan are reported to have killed two people during an attack on the last sikh place of worship in the capital kabul.

they threw hand grenades at the building and the taliban authorities say a car bomb detonated before reaching the gurdwara. our correspondent secunder kermani sent this report. this is what is left of afghanistan's last sikh gurdwara. it was the centre of life for a tiny and now terrified community. the fighting here lasted for around three hours and you get a sense ofjust how intense it must have been from the state of this room. this was the main prayer hall. it has been left completely devastated. there were seven or eight people inside here, kuljeet says. they jumped off the walls to safety. one man was in the bathroom and was shot dead. the attack began early this morning when gunmen opened fire, killing a security guard.

then, after taliban security forces pursued them, a car bomb was detonated, killing the commander of a nearby check post. they were once tens of thousands of sikhs in afghanistan. decades of conflict sort that number fall drastically. in recent years, the community was targeted on two occasions by the islamic state group. it is likely they are responsible for this latest attack, too. is is much less powerful than the taliban but has deadly cells. a lot of religious minorities don't feel safe in afghanistan at the moment. translation: our comrades have sacrificed their lives for the security. it is their right under islamic state be protected. only a handful of sikhs remain in this country, and they too are desperate to leave. those of us who are still here

are only here because we haven't got visas, none of us want to stay, satvir tells me. our message to the indian government is give us visas. this has happened today. tomorrow, it will happen again. levels of violence may have fallen significantly since the taliban ended their insurgency but for afghanistan's last remaining sikhs, this attack seems a final push to leave a country they have long called home. secunder kermani, bbc news, kabul. jason campbell worked on afghanistan policy for the us department of defense in the trump adminstration. jason you're now with the think—tank the rand corporation in washington. we hear that there are now so few sikhs left in afghanistan and they want to leave, what kind of dangers

are they facing?— are they facing? well, the sikhs community. _ are they facing? well, the sikhs community. as _ are they facing? well, the sikhs community, as with _ are they facing? well, the sikhs community, as with many - are they facing? well, the sikhs community, as with many other| community, as with many other religious and ethnic majorities now in afghanistan face daily increased dangers. —— ethnic minorities. as you have this new ethnic —— taliban in place and the isis who have the ability to carry out these very high level focused attacks on these communities and put all of that minority in a very precarious position right now. can minority in a very precarious position right now.— minority in a very precarious position right now. can you talk us throu:h is position right now. can you talk us through is behind _ position right now. can you talk us through is behind these _ position right now. can you talk us through is behind these attacks? l through is behind these attacks? this has the hallmarks of isis, carry out in recent years, again targeted on religious minorities, in this case, it was a sikh gurdwara.

we have seen this at sunni shrines, at shia mosques, throughout afghanistan, and what they are doing is targeting the types of minorities that they have traditionally targeted, as fundamental sunni groups, but they are also putting the taliban regime in political power in a very precarious vertical position as they have two now try to establish themselves as the dominant player in afghanistan. find establish themselves as the dominant player in afghanistan.— player in afghanistan. and how is that working _ player in afghanistan. and how is that working out _ player in afghanistan. and how is that working out for _ player in afghanistan. and how is that working out for the - player in afghanistan. and how is that working out for the taliban? | that working out for the taliban? they have to look out for these minority groups, and yet their influence, their control is being undermined by this? that influence, their control is being undermined by this?— undermined by this? that is precisely — undermined by this? that is precisely the _ undermined by this? that is precisely the case, - undermined by this? that is precisely the case, and - undermined by this? that is| precisely the case, and what undermined by this? that is - precisely the case, and what makes it more complex as that from an ideological standpoint, the taliban have always really demonstrated some harsh discrimination against many of these same groups who do not abide

ljy these same groups who do not abide by their also very strict interpretation of sunni islam, so for them, they have two tread this very small needle here of demonstrating their bun fide as the dominant political player with the country while at the same time not being seen as being overly protective of some of these minorities that they have traditionally targeted themselves. so, in going forward, then, for the taliban, how do these minority groups fit in with their overall view of where they want to see afghanistan?— view of where they want to see aft hanistan? ~ ., ., , ., afghanistan? well, unfortunately and traticall , afghanistan? well, unfortunately and tragically. the — afghanistan? well, unfortunately and tragically, the taliban _ afghanistan? well, unfortunately and tragically, the taliban have _ tragically, the taliban have continued to demonstrate that they have very little regard for these minorities and even within their organisation, have begun systematically alienating some of the ethnic minorities within their own ranks. so, unfortunately, it does not look to be a very positive

situation now for any minorities in afghanistan. situation now for any minorities in afghanistan-— afghanistan. 0k, we will leave it there, afghanistan. ok, we will leave it there. thank— afghanistan. 0k, we will leave it there, thank you _ afghanistan. 0k, we will leave it there, thank you very _ afghanistan. 0k, we will leave it there, thank you very much, - afghanistan. 0k, we will leave it i there, thank you very much, jason there, thank you very much, jason campbell, who worked on afghanistan policy under the trump administration. thank you. brazilian police have arrested a third suspect in the murder of a britishjournalist and an indigenous expert in the amazon. the remains of the guardian journalist dom phillips have been identified from dental records. a second body, believed to be that of the brazilian bruno pereira, is being analysed. police sayjeferson da silva lima had been on the run before he gave himself up. he's denied involvement. more than 30 people have been killed in landslides and lightning triggered by heavy monsoon storms in northeastern bangladesh. the rains have also caused widespread flooding in parts of northeastern india. the chief administrator of the sylhet region said most of the area was under water, leaving more than four million people stranded.

chris fawkes from bbc weatherjoins me now to tell us more about the flooding across the region. monsoons from this area is particular bad.— monsoons from this area is particular bad. monsoons from this area is articular bad. . ., ., particular bad. the rainfall that we have seen has _ particular bad. the rainfall that we have seen has been _ particular bad. the rainfall that we have seen has been extreme. - particular bad. the rainfall that we l have seen has been extreme. there particular bad. the rainfall that we - have seen has been extreme. there is a place which claims to be one of the wettest places on the planet, it gets a lot of rain, 11 metres of the stuff every year, it is incredible. so, they were used to getting rain but it is rare to get really intense rain like this. the last few days, we have seen something like 972 millimetres of rain. they have only been nine times injune in the last hundred and 20 years where you have seen over 800 millimetres and they have had two of these over the last eight days. if we topped up all the totals for that three day period, 2460 metres of rain. i wanted to give you a context does that sound like a pretty big number. mash

millimetres. the annual rainfall is 600 millimetres, so that is four years worth of rain in london, they have had that in three days. the reason i am focusing on cherrapunji is because it is one of the wettest places but then the rainfall comes down the mountains, goes into the river systems and effects north—east india and bangladesh as well. we know the rains will stay very heavy for the next few days so we will see further pretty extraordinary falls of rain and then that will ease off towards the middle part of the week but 4 million people stranded in bangladesh, there are other problems as well. there are 1.9 billion people slash 1.9 million people who have been affected in assam. so, regardless of what the weather does, the rain is working down the river catchments and the rivers are running at a very high level, above danger levels, they are continuing

to rise. so, in other words, the flooding we have seen already, it is pretty extraordinary in affecting the lives of people, it is likely to get a lot worse over the next few days. get a lot worse over the next few da s. , , ., get a lot worse over the next few das. , , days. the numbers are absolutely staggering. _ days. the numbers are absolutely staggering. when _ days. the numbers are absolutely staggering, when you _ days. the numbers are absolutely staggering, when you say - days. the numbers are absolutely i staggering, when you say something like the full year comparison, that is a lot of people in the gallery were saying wow, goodness. but these kind of extreme weather cycles that we are repeating and getting worse? we always get heavy rain in the monsoon season and this part of the world, the mountains are a factor, we have very humid air coming in from the bay of bengal. we have always had these heavy rainfall episodes but for every degree celsius you increase the temperature is around the globe, that warmer air holds 7% more water. so, when it rains and all these ingredients come together to give these extreme rainfall events, the rain is heavier thanit rainfall events, the rain is heavier than it would otherwise be, and they will expect the flooding to beat as well. , ., .,

will expect the flooding to beat as well. , ., ,, , ., ., will expect the flooding to beat as well. , ., ,, ., ., ,, well. chris, thank you for talking us through _ well. chris, thank you for talking us through it _ well. chris, thank you for talking us through it and _ well. chris, thank you for talking us through it and for _ well. chris, thank you for talking us through it and for putting - well. chris, thank you for talking us through it and for putting it i us through it and for putting it into context for us. the british government is to trial a scheme that allows some migrants who cross the channel in small boats to be electronically tagged. the prime minister says it's important to "make sure asylum seekers can't just vanish into the rest of the country." critics say the plan treats those fleeing persecution as criminals. a panel of advisers to the us centers for disease control has voted to recommend covid—19 vaccines for very young children. with 12 votes in favour and none against, the panel has backed the use of pfizer and moderna vaccines for children aged between 6 months and 5 years old. the move now needs to be signed off by the cdc director. a nationwide rollout could start as early as next week. thousands of tunisians opposed to president's planned referendum on changing the constitution have marched through the streets of tunis. the protest was led by the opposition free constitutional party. kais saied seized executive

power almost a year ago. he says the measures are necessary to counter tunisia's economic and political crisis. but the opposition believes that the changes in the constitution will extend his powers even further. sport and for a full roundup from the bbc sport centre, here's olly foster. hello and thanks forjoining us. the third round of us open is well underway, although the leaders have only teed off in the last half an hour in boston. collin morikawa and joel dahmen were the overnight leaders on 5 under par. but it's such a tight leaderboard. eight players within two shots of the lead.

leicester tigers beat saracens 15—12 to win the english rugby union premiership. freddie burns kicked a dop goal to win the match in the dying seconds. burns came off the replacements bench after a first half injury to fly half george ford. but he was the hero with a perfect kick to give the tigers their 11th title but their first in nine years. it's quite a turn—around for both sides. two years ago, leicester only escaped relegation with saracens going down instead after they were docked points for breaching salary cap regulations. wimbledon starts in nine days time, last years runner—up matteo berrettini is into the queens final. the italian is the reigning champion in west london and will face the serb filip krajinovic. michael redford was watching today's semi—finals.

with wimbledon just over a week away, it is the perfect time for players and fans alike to enjoy the british summer time. maybe not. when play was able to start, it was matteo berrettini who looked the most at home. he has only lost once on grass in the last two years and that defeat came in the weathered and final 11 months ago. the defending champion in control against botic van de zandschulp, taking the first set 6—4. the second was not without controversy, the rain returned and play was suspended with botic van de zandschulp break point down much to his frustration. pressure on, when they returned, the dutchman had to win the point. he failed game are lost and soon the match was towed. matteo berrettini showing his brilliance as he booked his place in the final for a second successive year. the only man who can stop matteo berrettini from winning queens again is the unseeded filip krajinovic. he has had a week to remember in west london, the

estate —— straight set win against marin cilic saw him one match away from his first atp tour triumph. now hejust from his first atp tour triumph. now he just needs to beat the defending champion. the rugby league world cup in england later this year will see both the mens and women's tournaments run side by side. england women beat france in warrington today. their last match before their tournament begins in november. they scored seven tries in total, amy hardcastle with one in each half. georgia roach also scored twice as they eased to victory 36 points to 10. england's double header continued as the men's side hosted the combined nations all stars team — made up of some of the combined nations all stars team made up of some of the super league's best international players. they scored three tries — including this one from john bateman — in an 18—4 victory. the newly—crowned nba champions golden state warriors have returned to san francisco with their trophy fresh from beating boston celtics 4 games to 2 in the final, for their fourth title 8 seasons. the team will parade the famous

larry o'brien championship trophy in the city on monday. qualifying for sunday's candian grand prix is underway. sebastian vettel hasn't made it out of key one. you can follow that on the sport website. don't forget you can get in touch with me and some of the team on twitter — i'm @kasiamadera. good evening. cooler, fresher conditions for all parts of the uk on sunday. we still have some of the very warm humid air clinging on across southern most counties of the uk at the moment but lower humidity, cooler air has done a pretty good job of working its way south so far this saturday. still, plenty of heat for the south across the heart of year—round, and the heatwave is set to persist here, certainly in france into the early part of next week. where the hot air meets

the cool air coming south, we have a weather front at the moment, and as you would expect, potentially the activity tied in with that will be thundery as the showers roam across southern england and into east anglia through the late evening. by the end of the night, we could have some really punchy rain trailing back anywhere really from the south coast but particularly down into the channel islands. still quite humid and muggy here at the end of the night. elsewhere, though, it should be into the cooler fresher air, and certainly, i don't know if you are like me, that is far preferable for heading off to sleep. sunday we are not done, though, potentially, with some more of these showers. it looks like they could have a little bit of a resurgence to the southernmost counties of the uk, potentially some quite heavy and persistent rain here, quite breezy along the south coast. breeze picking up, too, for scotland and northern ireland, isolated showers across eastern scotland, cool in the breeze at 14 for aberdeen, temperatures at 20, 21 for cardiff and london. some of those showers to the south perhaps bumping up as far north as the southern midlands and east anglia for a time

on sunday evening. but, for monday, it looks like it will be high pressure pushing across from the atlantic that will dominate the weather across the uk, pushing the showers further south into the continent, perhaps though as it does so just letting a weather front brush across northernmost scotland, a bit more cloud here, some rain for the highlands, for the grampians, for orkney and shetland. for the majority, though, monday, a dry day, some decent sunshine, and temperatures just creeping up a little, 20 in aberdeen, 19 in glasgow, 21, 22 for cardiff and london. and then through the remainder of the week ahead, this low is always there to the south, never quite gets out of the way, this high tries its best to push across from the atlantic, and so it is that battle that we are watching play out in the days ahead. at the moment, though, it looks like fine weather will dominate and as it does so, temperatures could creep up a little once again.

hello, this is bbc news. the headlines... union leaders say that talks trying to prevent rail strikes next week have failed and the walkouts will go ahead. passengers across the country will be affected. i think there are so many sectors of our society at the minute and people who are struggling and we need to help each other where we can. theyjust want more money and, yeah, they can hold the country to ransom. tens of thousands of people have marched in central london calling on the government to do more to help tackle the cost of living crisis. the government is to trial a scheme allowing asylum seekers who cross the channel in small boats to be electronically tagged. police in brazil confirm a body found in the remote amazon rainforest is the missing british journalist dom phillips.