hello. this is bbc news. i'm rich preston. our top stories this hour: as casualties continue to mount, could ukraine be pressured into making concessions? the mayor of kyiv tells the bbc peace talks can wait. 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. scorching temperatures in europe and storms and flooding in asia; extreme weather causes chaos around the world. another cryptocurrency crisis. the value of bitcoin falls again to its lowest level in eighteen months. and could koalas become extinct? they've been declared

an endangered species in much of australia's east coast. hello and welcome to bbc news. 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. the british prime minister, borisjohnson, has meanwhile warned of what he called "ukraine fatigue" setting in. mrjohnson has just returned from a visit to kyiv on friday. our correspondent nick beake reports from kyiv. singing. the russians killed roman ratushny on the ninth 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. we will be 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 federation. people do not understand that right now, but i want to make sure they realise 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.

militants in afghanistan are reported to have killed at least three people during an attack on the last sikh place of worship in the capital kabul. they threw hand grenades at the building and taliban authorities say a car bomb detonated before reaching the gurdwara. the islamic state group has claimed responsibility. 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.

"theyjumped 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 saw 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 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's their right under an islamic state to 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. extreme weather and temperatures are having significant consequences around the world. in bangladesh, more than 30 people have been killed in landslides and lightning triggered by heavy monsoon storms. while across western europe, heatwaves are hitting earlier than usual, causing severe disruptions to daily life,

as well as wildfires. with me to discuss is our news reporter azadeh moshiri. let's reporter azadeh moshiri. begin in south asia. dozens let's begin in south asia. dozens were killed in bangladesh. what do we know about that?— about that? because the situation _ about that? because the situation is _ about that? because the situation is so _ about that? because the l situation is so dangerous, military personnel have been sent out because other than the loss of life you just mentioned, millions have been stranded from their homes and they don't have access to them, and transport has been hit as well. one example that really brings home the extent of how bad the floods have been is in the town of cherapunji, in north—east bangladesh, which is typically one of the wetter towns in bangladesh but it's also one of the hardest hit right now. if you look at the figures of the rainfall, this week in only three days they've

recorded 2460 millimetres of rain. to put that into perspective, if you compare it with a city like london, we typically record around 630 millimetres in a year. in comparison cherapunji is getting four years of rain in only three days. the rain in bangladesh is expected to ease next week, but forecasts have it getting worse on the weekend. officials are warning the residents that they should be concerned about keeping themselves safe, that the situation could worsen, and it's worth mentioning that across the body in india nine people have been killed because the floods are hitting that area. ., �* , the floods are hitting that area. . h ., , area. that's bangladesh. meanwhile _ area. that's bangladesh. meanwhile what's - area. that's bangladesh. - meanwhile what's happening with the heatwaves in europe?- the heatwaves in europe? that's another extreme _ the heatwaves in europe? that's another extreme weather - the heatwaves in europe? that's another extreme weather event, especially in western europe, we are seeing record temperatures because of the heatwave that's coming, typically a little sooner than

we would see in a calendar year. if you look at a country like spain, that has meant continued wildfires. that's because they've recorded the earliest heatwave that they've seenin earliest heatwave that they've seen in over 40 years in a typical calendar year. that's meant not only firefighters are dealing with these continued wildfires in areas like catalonia and eastern spain, but they also have to evacuate the residents that are in danger. we are seeing different consequences in different parts of europe. in france they've recorded 40 celsius on thursday, that's the earliest they typically see a temperature like that in a calendar year. out of concern in certain areas have banned outdoor events, areas like bordeaux, and they're taking the extreme care with elderly and those in care homes because they've had a history of tragedy in their country with heatwaves. one example that's a little bit different, in italy, they have farmers who are

particularly worried about their harvests because of drought. in the longest river in italy, the river po, they have three quarters lower river levels than at this time typically. there's interruptions to daily life but also longer term consequences that people across europe are quite worried about.— that people across europe are quite worried about. let's get some of the day's other news. the us centers for disease control and prevention has authorised covid—i9 vaccines for children as young as six months old. a panel of 12 advisers earlier voted unanimously to recommend the use of pfizer and moderna vaccines. a nationwide rollout could start as early as next week. police in brazil have arrested a third suspect following the murder of a british journalist and an indigenous expert in the amazon. the remains of the guardian newspaperjournalist dom phillips have been identified from dental records. a second border, 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 has denied involvement

in the two men's killing. dozens of guns have been handed in in the us city of miami as part of a buyback scheme that will see the weapons donated to ukraine. gun owners are being offered between $50 and $250, depending on the type of gun. no questions are being asked to those dropping off firearms. britain's prime minister, borisjohnson, has defended a i2—month trial in which some asylum seekers who arrive in the uk in small boats or on the back of lorries could be electronically tagged. he said said it was important to make sure asylum seekers can'tjust vanish into the rest of the country. critics say the plan treats those fleeing persecution as criminals. our political correspondent damian grammaticas reports. after the plane, chartered at a cost of several hundred thousand pounds to take asylum seekers to rwanda could not leave this week, the legality of the government's policy of deporting those seeking protection here must now be decided by british courts.

so, in the meantime, some of those who were due to be on board may be part of this trial and be electronically tagged while their cases are decided. when people come here illegally, and when they break the law, it's important that we make that distinction. that's what we're doing with our rwanda policy, that's what we are doing with making sure that asylum seekers can't just vanish into the rest of the country. it's not illegal to seek asylum, but the government is under pressure to stop the channel crossings and tagging rather than detaining some whose immigration cases are being decided has been possible for several years. i think that the government is chasing headlines. what i want is a serious response — a serious response, because nobody wants these journeys across the channel to be made, these perilous journeys. everybody wants to clamp down on the gangs. that requires grown—up work with the french authorities and upstream work to actually tackle these gangs. you don't do that if you're a government that is asking the national crime

agency to make cuts. the home office says it could be used in cases where there may be an increased risk of absconding and less incentive to comply with any conditions of immigration bail. i do think it is a sensible plan to try this so we can keep tabs on people who are eligible for removal in order to deliver the government's required objective. tagging and monitoring is used for people subject to court or prison orders. those who work with refugees say extending it to them is cruel and amounts to treating those who come seeking a welcome as criminals. actually, this is a diversion tactic from the government's complete failure to run the asylum system in an orderly fashion. at the moment, we have utter chaos. we have over 100,000 people in the asylum system, waiting for a decision. so, refugee groups say in the face of the huge issues with the asylum system, tagging is a gimmick and no other western nation does it.

the numbers involved in the trial is likely to be small. damian grammaticas, bbc news. this is bbc news. the headlines: as the casulties continue to mount, could ukraine be pressured into making concessions? the mayor of kyiv tells the bbc peace talks can wait. the islamic state group said it carried out a deadly attack on one of the last sikh temples in the afghan capital, kabul. there have been fresh shockwaves sent through the crypto markets after the leading cryptocurrency, bitcoin, fell below $20,000 to its weakest price in 18 months. it is just the latest drop in a brutal slide that puts it 70% below its all—time high, with a similar picture across other cryptocurrencies too. let's get more from the cryptocurrency analyst and author of undressing bitcoin, layah heilpern. very good to see it. thanks for coming on the programme, and pretty terrifying sounding numbers, but how significant is

this? . ., ., ., this? thanks for having me on. i think it's _ this? thanks for having me on. i think it's really _ this? thanks for having me on. i think it's really important - i think it's really important to zoom out and always look at the bigger picture. how significant is it? well, we havejust had a significant is it? well, we have just had a two year bull market so it is very normal and very natural to start to see things start to cool off. during that bull market we saw central bank �*s put unprecedented amount of money, people putting that money, the stimulus checks in the us and the equivalent in the uk, into bitcoin, helping prop up the market. we are now seeing unprecedented levels of inflation, a40 year high, so people simply don't have that surplus cash to put into bitcoin and all these other alternative asset classes. central banks are starting to take inflation seriously and as a result, we are seeing quantitative tightening, so interest rates are going up. so people again don't have that surplus cash, unfortunately, anymore. have been defaulting on their mortgages and they need that liquid cash. in terms of how significant is it, it's not that significant for me, in my opinion. this is very normal. bitcoin is still a very immature asset, this is still a

very new market. you also have to consider the geopolitical situation. you are seeing a two year lockdown, supply chain issues, a war going on between russia and ukraine, you mentioned earlier on your news programme, and so markets don't like wars. bitcoin is still supposed to be considered that risky asset, so naturally people will start to sell their riskiest assets during these times. ., ., . ., times. you mention central banks, investments, - times. you mention central. banks, investments, inflation. one of the selling points of crypto currencies is it is decentralised, it is kind of insulated somewhat from the decisions that these organisations and individual countries make. talk us through some of the other factors that have had an impact in the crypto currency price drop. well, everything that i've just mentioned is clearly going to instill a lot of fear, uncertainty and doubt so naturally the price is going to fall more. however, we are starting to see some interesting black swan events. we are seeing major liquidation. we are seeing major reputable companies, let's say three arrows capital,

for example, they are a crypto hedge fund, they had $200 million worth of either coins, which is the second highest by market cap, totally wiped off the market. we are seeing other major reputable crypto custodians that people really trust and have their life savings on these exchanges, start to reduce their liquidation price. if they are liquidated and we see this happen, people's life savings are going to be wiped off the market. there was also a major event that happened that totally destabilise the market a couple of weeks ago. this was with terror luna. without getting too complicated, this was a supposed stable coin, pegged i—to—i with the us dollar, and it lost its stable p99- dollar, and it lost its stable peg. people were getting 20% interest which was supposed to be risk—free. a lot of major people were promoting this as risk—free. people had their life savings in 20% interest and people lost millions and millions of dollars, hence the reason why the market is getting lower and lower. qm.

reason why the market is getting lower and lower. 0k, we will leave it _ getting lower and lower. 0k, we will leave it there. _ getting lower and lower. 0k, we will leave it there. thank - getting lower and lower. 0k, we will leave it there. thank you - will leave it there. thank you very much. thousands of people marched through london on saturday calling on the british government to do more to tackle the rising cost of living. the trades union congress demanded a better deal for people struggling to cope. ministers say they are providing a package of measures to help with rising costs. here is 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 up further too. the prime minister says the country will get through the cost of living squeeze. i sympathise very much with everybody who's 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. the cost of living is perhaps the biggest challenge facing the government, one that will be key for millions of voters. the government has also announced some support packages. 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. at today's march, a pay rise was seen as essential. 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's just going to get worse over the next 12 months. i'm just hoping that enough. people have come here today to really let the government know that something needsl to change and something needs to happen. - this is an issue that is dominating the political debate, but the answers aren't necessarily simple. nick eardley, bbc news. here, trade union leaders have confirmed that a planned uk rail strike will go ahead next week. the rmt union says the row with network rail about pay, jobs and conditions

had not been resolved. network rail said the rmt were dismissing talks before they had even finished. more than 40,000 workers are due to walk out on tuesday, thursday and saturday. they are an icon of australia and known for their cute faces and fluffy grey fur, but koalas could one day be extinct, with the species now classed as endangered along much of australia's east coast. numbers of the marsupials are dwindling because of things like land—clearing, bushfires, disease and drought. a report last year said koalas could completely disappear from the state of new south wales by 2050, and campaign groups say their numbers are going down across the entire country. for more on this and what can be done to save koalas, we can cross live to brisbane and join deborah tabart, who is the chair of the australian koala foundation. very good morning to you in australia. this sounds pretty grim. how bad is the picture? well, i think it's bad, because ten years ago when the koalas

were listed as vulnerable, we could have done so much more to stop the endangered listing happening this year. it's just ridiculous that they didn't do what is really simple, and that's just notary, what is really simple, and that'sjust notary, know what is really simple, and that's just notary, know me. stop cutting down the trees. you mentioned cutting down trees. touched on things like buyers, disease as well. talk us through what's behind this drop in numbers.— drop in numbers. well, the thing about _ drop in numbers. well, the thing about koala - drop in numbers. well, the thing about koala habitatsl drop in numbers. well, the| thing about koala habitats is that we need large contiguous areas, forests that are just completely left alone. so you imagine you are a little koala, you live in noosa, everyone wants to go and live in the sun, wants to have a beautiful house, so your trees get cut down. they are often called koala drive, or whatever, and then the koala just slowly diminish. i believe most of australia's koalas are functionally extinct, and so that to me means i koala living in any of those landscapes might have a joey. that baby might have a joey. that baby might have a joey. that baby might have a joey as well, but then that would be it. so the

only thing that we have to do now is stop cutting down trees, and the only thing that will do thatis and the only thing that will do that is stronger and better legislation, and we want a koala protection act. a bit like the bald eagle act for the united states. goodness me, the whole world loves koalas. why wouldn't you just do this? i have actually written to the new environment minister, and i've said to her that i don't envy her herjob now, because our country has basically spoken to our politicians and said we care about climate change, we don't want any more fires, we don't want any more floods. we've all been through hell in the last few years, and so have the koalas. it's time for our political masters to really get on with it.- for our political masters to really get on with it. and what do politicians _ really get on with it. and what do politicians say _ really get on with it. and what do politicians say to _ really get on with it. and what do politicians say to you - really get on with it. and what do politicians say to you when | do politicians say to you when you get in touch with them about this koala protection act? ~ , ., act? well, this environment minister is _ act? well, this environment minister is my _ act? well, this environment minister is my 15th, - act? well, this environment minister is my 15th, so - act? well, this environment minister is my 15th, so i've. minister is my 15th, so i've been writing a lot of letters for a long time, and been writing a lot of letters fora long time, and i'm actually saying to her it's time you sat down with an

organisation like ours, because i've been in thisjob now for 33 years and i know who's who in the zoo, really, about what to be done. wejust got in the zoo, really, about what to be done. we just got to protect those trees, and you would think that would be simple. industry now, i think, is on notice across the world, isn't you cannot keep doing what you've been doing. you've had carte blanche for too long, and i was reflecting yesterday, goodness we've done a lot of damage since the 50s. we have big machinery and we can blow things up and whatever. i've been to places where there are koalas, coalmines and farmers working in harmony, because you go underground. so now open cut coal mines arejust go underground. so now open cut coal mines are just disastrous for koalas. so industry leaders, if they want australia to continue to have the $3 billion that comes to our shores with stuffed koalas and tourism, then industry is going tourism, then industry is going to have to be balanced out with that incredible money and commitment to australia that

these poor little things have given us. they are so cute, how can anyone say that we shouldn't save them? you mentioned _ shouldn't save them? you mentioned how _ shouldn't save them? you mentioned how much - shouldn't save them? you mentioned how much they are loved. some of the more harrowing images that came out of the recent wildfires were of the damage done to koalas. what do australians, if you could tell us briefly, feel about protecting the future of the koala? ., ., ~ ~ ., protecting the future of the koala? ~ ., ~ , ., ., , koala? look, i know australians love koalas- _ koala? look, i know australians love koalas. our— koala? look, i know australians love koalas. our foundation - love koalas. our foundation takes love koalas. ourfoundation takes no government money, so we survive on people who ring me up and go, i want to give you money because you are spreading the truth. no, our political leaders are too wedded to political donations from industry, and that has to stop. we have to decide to protect koalas for all the right reasons, and i believe industry and koalas can coexist. industry and koalas can coexist-— industry and koalas can coexist. ., �* , . coexist. that's excellent, thank you- _ coexist. that's excellent, thank you. we _ coexist. that's excellent, thank you. we will - coexist. that's excellent, thank you. we will have l coexist. that's excellent, l thank you. we will have to leave it there. thank you very much. and that's it from us for now. you can reach me on twitter. i'm @richpreston.

hello again. of course, the heatwave is well and truly over and temperatures have been tumbling, a reminder on friday in suffolk, the hottest day of the year so far, where we had temperatures reach 33 degrees celsius. compare friday afternoon with saturday afternoon, the same location was 19 celsius cooler. yes, grey skies, even a little bit of rain around. and the rain you can see on the radar picture is a cold front, bringing a little thunder at times across the south—west of england. and over the next few hours, that band of rain is gradually going to pull away to the south—east. there will be some showers across northern scotland,

with brisk winds pushing them inland. but between and betwixt, a lot of dry weather with some clear spells. and for those of you have found last night a bit too warm and stuffy for sleeping, these are the kind of temperatures we will have heading into the first part of sunday morning. quite fresh — 9—12 for most. now, looking to sunday's forecast, that weather front, the cold front, hasn't entirely gone away. and it looks like there will be for the of rain across the south of england. the greater risk is across the south—west but there may also be a risk of some rain at times across central southern england and the south—east as well. away from that feature, a few showers for northern scotland, where it stays quite breezy, the winds gradually using through the afternoon. but otherwise, for many of you it's a dry day with warm sunshine, and the temperature for many of you around 17—22 or so. monday sees a ridge of high pressure extending across the bulk of the uk

and what this will do is bring is a fine and settled spell of weather, more sunshine to go around. again there could be an odd shower flirting with the south and getting pretty close uncertainly to the north—west scotland, a weather front moving in the year will bring thicker cloud in the afternoon, and eventually outbreaks of rain and some slightly cooler air for stornoway at 14 degrees. but for most of you, again it is a dry day with warm spells, june sunshine and the temperature climbing more widely reaching the low 20s. beyond that low pressure trying to hold on but these weather fronts never too far away from southern areas of the uk, maybe if you showers affecting the north as well, but by and large, there's a decent week of weather around. there will be a fair bit of sunshine and although the heatwave is over we expect the sunshine to be warm. temperatures in cardiff peaking at around 26 midweek.

this is bbc news. the headlines: the mayor of kyiv has told the bbc his country will only enter peace talks after the "last russian soldier has left ukraine". some officials have expressed concerns their country may be pushed towards a peace deal with russia as the war continues to exert a terrible toll. at least 40 people are now known to have died in lightning strikes and landslides triggered by severe monsoon storms in bangladesh and india. millions have been left stranded by rising waters over the past few days, with emergency workers struggling to reach all those who've been affected. the islamic state group says it carried out a deadly attack on one of the last sikh temples in the afghan capital. kabul. the group said the attack was to avenge the prophet mohammed following critical remarks made recently by indian politicians.

at least three people were killed.