this is bbc world news. i'm rich preston. our top stories: as casualties continue to mount, could ukraine be pressured into making concessions? the mayor of kyiv tells the bbc peace talks can wait. we 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, storms and deadly flooding in asia, extreme weather causes chaos around the world. the islamic state group says it carried out a deadly attack on one of the last sikh temples in the afghan capital, kabul. some asylum claimants arriving in the uk may be electronically tagged

as part of a new trial. and could koalas become extinct? they've been declared an endangered species in much of australia's east coast. 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 big tragedy for russians, for the russian federation. the people not understand that right now, but i want to make sure that they realised very soon the reality. also, the russians die. for what? the 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, kyiv. the islamic state group says it carried out saturday's deadly attack on the last sikh temple in the afghan capital, kabul. at least three people were killed by militants who threw hand grenades at the building and detonated a car bomb. our correspondent, secunder kermani, sent this report. this is what's 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's 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." rapid gunfire 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. there 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. 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'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. it's only the start of summer in europe, but several countries are already facing an unprecedented heatwave, earlier than usual, as a wave of hot air has moved

north from africa. the bbc�*s azaday moshiri reports. a record—breaking heat wave has put europe on alert. spain is facing the earliest one it has seenin facing the earliest one it has seen in decades. it has led to wildfires continuing over the weekend in areas like catalonia, burning thousands of hectares of land, and forcing whole villages to evacuate. temperatures in france have hit 40 temperatures in france have hit a0 celsius earlier in the year than ever before. with some parts of the country like bordeaux outright banning outdoor events, with their hospitals under pressure. it also means places like city zoos have had to find creative solutions to keep animals cool. translation: we solutions to keep animals cool. translation:— solutions to keep animals cool. translation: we have a frozen watermelon _ translation: we have a frozen watermelon mix _

translation: we have a frozen watermelon mix for _ translation: we have a frozen watermelon mix for the - translation: we have a frozen watermelon mix for the drafts i watermelon mix for the drafts and that we have types of blood for the carnivores and here we have blocks of ice mixed with meat for the lions. the sweltering _ meat for the lions. the sweltering heat - meat for the lions. the sweltering heat also i meat for the lions. the | sweltering heat also has farmers in italy worried about crops as record droughts are drying up rivers, forcing some towns in the valley to russian water. translation: , ., ., translation: the situation could even _ translation: the situation could even get _ translation: the situation could even get worse. - translation: the situation could even get worse. it - translation: the situation could even get worse. it can| could even get worse. it can cause damage to fauna, agriculture, to everything. already there is no more water. i used to go fishing but now i can only fish for stones. heat and wildfires _ can only fish for stones. heat and wildfires are _ can only fish for stones. heat and wildfires are not - and wildfires are not unfamiliar to these parts of europe but they are becoming more severe, happening sooner than usual, and more frequently. and scientists say thatis frequently. and scientists say that is due to global warming. azaday moshiri, bbc news. employees at an apple store in a town in maryland

have voted tojoin a union — the first of the company's shops in the united states to do so. the tech giant has so far made no comment on the vote. gail maclellan reports. 65 of the 110 employees at the apple store in maryland voted in favour of unionising, historic victory. they were now joined an international alliance of workers in an attempt to have their say when it comes to their pay, hours and safety. unions have won several symbolic victories in the united states in recent months. workers at an amazon warehouse in new york voted overwhelmingly to join the union. starbucks employees across the country have failed to hold votes after two outlets held unions. it seems to be galvanised by the pandemic and the apple vote result has been

seen as particularly notable. it is really significant because it is the first and these workers really won a decisive victory. they faced a substantial part quick typical antiunion campaign, where they were really facing an onslaught of antiunion rhetoric from their employer, that one of the most apple senior executives came to the workplace to talk them out of organising and they won the election despite of that. i think apple have a serious decision to make, they continue to be on the antiunion path they have been on or look at the example of microsoft which just this week announced it will not oppose unionisation by workers. but it will not oppose unionisation by workers-— by workers. but this vote was 'ust in by workers. but this vote was just in one — by workers. but this vote was just in one store _ by workers. but this vote was just in one store out - by workers. but this vote was just in one store out of- by workers. but this vote was just in one store out of more| just in one store out of more than 270 across the us. now their vote is over, the biggest

challenge is probably still ahead, negotiating terms with the world's largest technology company. gail maclellan, bbc news. let's get some of the day's other news. people in france will go to the polls later to decide whether to hand president macron control of the country's national assembly. 577 parliamentary seats are up for grabs in the final round of voting but president macron's candidates are facing strong opposition in the form of an alliance of left—wing parties. 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 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 in the two men's killing. the united states has become first country

in the world to approve use of the so—called mrna vaccines for children as young as six months. federal regulators cleared the use of pfizer and moderna covid—i9 vaccines and will make smaller doses of the vaccine available to around 20 million children. presidentjoe biden welcomed the news calling it a monumental step in the fight against the virus and said that parents would be able to start scheduling appointments in the coming week. earlier, i spoke to dr peter hotez who's the director of the texas children's hospital center for vaccine development. i asked him what the cdc was recommending. the cdc has recommended the use of two different vaccines, eitherfrom moderna or pfizer. the pfizer has been released for three doses, the first three weeks apart and the third eight weeks after that. for moderna, it's a two—dose vaccine, but moderna reports that there may be a third dose. the big issue will be how widely accepted these

are going to be because in the us, for the 5— to ii—year—olds, only about 30% of parents are vaccinating their kids for the 5— to ii—year—olds, and that goes down to 10% or ii% where we are in texas and in the southern part of the united states. we are probably looking at single—digit potential uses for the toddlers and for the very young kids, and maybe a little better in the north—east. that's where the battleground is going to be, providing the advocacy and convincing parents of the importance of vaccinating young children. how do you mitigate the concerns that parents might have about vaccinating their young children, even if they are getting the course of vaccines they would have otherwise? adding another one to that list

is bound to cause some concern. i think there is an education process. we have to make parents understand why covid is still a serious illness among young kids. for instance, we have lost 200 to a00 kids under the age of five years from covid. that's a significant amount, and actually higher than the diseases that we currently vaccinate them against, and 20,000 hospitalisations. so it's still a pretty serious illness, and covid is still with us. helping them to understand that because we have a lot of anti—vaccine activism here in the united states, and the buzz that they try to put out is they try to make the claim that covid—i9 is a serious disease exclusively for the elderly, and that's simply not the case. and what's the picture in the united states when it comes to vaccines with older children? well, as i say, for the five— to ii—year—olds, we're doing quite badly — only about 30%, and a lot of geographic variation. for the i2— to i7—year—olds, somewhat better. but again, you see this sharp north—south divide with very

low uptake in the southern part of the united states. that's because covid vaccinations have become so politicised and vaccinations are occurring along such a strong partisan divide. so the geographic distribution very much reflects the political realities, and that the southern part of the united states are predominantly conservative states or what we call red states, republican—majority states. you are watching bbc news. the headlines: as the casualties 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 says it carried out a deadly attack on one of the last sikh temples in the afghan capital, kabul. there've been fresh shock waves sent through the crypto markets after the leading cryptocurrency bitcoin fell below $20,000 to its weakest price in 18 months. it's 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. i asked cryptocurrency analyst layah heilpern how significant this drop is. so, listen, 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 two—year bull market, so it's very normal and very natural to start to see things start to cool off. during that bull market, we saw central banks print unprecedented amount of money. people were putting that money, putting the stimulus cheques in the us and the equivalent in the uk, into bitcoin, helping prop up the market. we're now seeing unprecedented levels of inflation, a0—year highs, 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, ergo, we're seeing quantitative tightening, so interest rates are going up. and so, people again don't have that surplus cash, unfortunately, any more.

they don't want to be defaulting on their mortgages, so 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. we also have to consider the geopolitical situation. we've just had two—year lockdowns, we're seeing supply chain issues, a war going on between russia and ukraine — as you mentioned earlier on your news programme — and so markets don't like wars. bitcoin is still supposed to be considered that risk—on asset so, naturally, people will start to sell their riskiest assets during these times. you mention central banks, investments, inflation. one of the selling points of cryptocurrencies is that it's decentralised, it's 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 cryptocurrency price drop. well, everything that i've just mentioned is clearly going to instil 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. so, we're seeing major liquidation. so, we're seeing major reputable companies, let's say three arrows capital, for example — they are a crypto hedge fund — so, they had $200 million worth of ether coins, which is the second—biggest crypto by market cap, totally wiped off the market. we're seeing other major reputable crypto custodians that people really trust and have their life savings on these exchanges, like celsius network, 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 which totally destabilised the market a couple of weeks ago. this was with terra luna. so, without getting too complicated, this was a supposed stable coin, pegged one—to—one with the us dollar. it lost its peg. people were getting 20% interest, which was supposed to be risk—free.

a lot of major, reputable people were promoting this as risk—free. people had their life savings in 20% interest and this de—pegged and people lost millions and millions of dollars, hence the reason why the market is getting lower and lower. 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, i spoke to deborah tabart, who's the chair of the australian koala foundation. 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 "no tree, no me" — stop cutting down the trees. you mention cutting down trees. we touched on things like bushfires, disease as well. talk us through what's behind this 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're a little koala, you live in noosa. everyone wants to go and live in the sun, wants to have a beautiful house, so the trees get cut down. they�* re often called koala drive, or whatever, and then the koalas just slowly diminish. i believe most of australia's koalas are functionally extinct and so that, to me, means a koala living in any of those landscapes might have a joey, that baby might have a joey too, but then that'll be it. so, the only thing that we have to do now is stop cutting down trees, 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 has the koala, so it's time for our political masters to really get on with it. and what do politicians say to you when you get in touch with them about this koala protection act? well, this environment minister is my 15th, so i've been writing a lot of letters for a 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 this job now for 33 years and i know who's

"who in the zoo, really, about what to be done." we've just got to protect those trees, and you would think that would be simple. but industry now, i think, is on notice across the world, isn't it? 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, because we have big machinery and we can blow things up and whatever. i've been to places where there are koalas, coal mines and farmers working in harmony, because you can 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 to have to be balanced out with that incredible money and commitment to australia that these poor little things have given us. you know, they're so cute, and how can anyone say that we 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 can tell us briefly — feel about protecting the future of the koala? oh, look, i know australians love koalas. ourfoundation takes no government money, so we survive on people who ring me up and go, "i'm going to give you money because you're spreading "the truth". no, our political masters or political leaders are too wedded to political donations from industry, and that has to stop. golf, and england's matt fitzpatrick has a share of the lead going into the final day of the us open. he was a—under at the end of day three, along with america's will zalatoris. defending championjon rahm is a shot behind and world number one scottie scheffler is also in the hunt. the bbc�*s tim allman watched the action.

will zalatoris describes this course at brookline as being like a beast. well, it seemed a pretty tame sort of creature as he carted a 67 on day three, although it is an animal still to be conquered. obviously, there's a _ to be conquered. obviously, there's a ton _ to be conquered. obviously, there's a ton of— to be conquered. obviously, there's a ton of major - there's a ton of major champions on this leaderboard and by no means is thejob done but not even close butjust keep doing what i'm doing, make sure that i get myself on the green as fast as i can or at least normalise the mistakes. matt fitzpatrick won an amateur title here nine years ago and he looked comfortably at home, his 68 giving him a share of the lead. his 68 giving him a share of the lead-— the lead. get in the hole! defending _ the lead. get in the hole! defending champion - the lead. get in the hole! i defending champion spain's jon defending champion spain's jon rahm defending champion spain'sjon rahm would have held that position by himself but two drop shots on the 18th proved costly. america's scotty scheffler compared his round to a roller—coaster. with eagle at the eighth putting him clear of

the eighth putting him clear of the field at four bogeys and a double bogey left him two shots behind the leaders. he is joined there by local favourite keegan bradley and canada's adam had when. this birdie of the 1ath helped him to a score of 2—underfor the 1ath helped him to a score of 2—under for the tournament. all right, adam! of 2-under for the tournament. all right, adam!— all right, adam! northern ireland's _ all right, adam! northern ireland's rory _ all right, adam! northern ireland's rory mcllroy i all right, adam! northernl ireland's rory mcllroy kept ireland's rory mcilroy kept himselfjust ireland's rory mcilroy kept himself just about in contention and is himselfjust about in contention and is 1—under. if this course is a beast, it still has quite a bite. before we go, would you consider boots made from beans or maybe jacket made from beans or maybe jacket made ofjacket potatoes? if so, this fashion show could be for you! gastronomy students in mexico put on a unique performance featuring fashion created from food. they used traditional ingredients like chillies,

dried fruit and caramel. and there was a style to suit all tastes, from punks and goths to hipsters and rockabillies. you can reach me on twitter. i'm @richpreston. thank you for being with us. we will see you next time. goodbye. hello again. of course, the heatwave is well and truly over and temperatures have been tumbling. a reminder on friday in suffolk�*s santon downham, 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 degrees celsius cooler. yes, grey skies, even a little bit of rain around. and the rain you can see here on the radar picture is actually a cold front, been bringing a bit of 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'll 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 that found last night a bit too warm and stuffy for sleeping, well, these are the kind

of temperatures we'll 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 some further bursts of rain across the south of england. the greatest risk is across the south—west but i think there may well also be a risk of seeing 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 easing through the afternoon but otherwise, for many of you, it's a dry day with some warm sunshine. temperatures for many between around 17 and 22 degrees or so. monday sees a ridge of high pressure extending across the bulk of the uk. now, what this will do is it will bring us a fine and settled spell of weather. there'll more sunshine to go around. again, there could be an odd shower flirting with the south, getting pretty close, and certainly to the north—west of scotland. a weatherfront moving in here will bring some thicker cloud come the afternoon

and eventually, outbreaks of rain, some slightly cooler air for stornoway with 1a degrees. but for most of you, again, it's a dry day with warm spells ofjune sunshine. temperatures climbing more widely, reaching the low 20s. now, beyond that, we've still got high pressure trying to hold on but these weather fronts never too far away from southern areas of the uk. maybe a few showers from fronts affecting the north as well. but by and large, it's a decent week of weather around. there will be a fair bit of sunshine, and although the heatwave's over, we are expecting that 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. 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. at least a0 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.