this is bbc news. i'm tadhg enright, with the latest headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. a powerful earthquake kills more than 1,000 people in afghanistan. the taliban appeals for international help in a scramble for aid. the scale of this disaster is hard to comprehend. whole villages have been flattened. this is just the start of this crisis. european union leaders are expected to approve ukraine as a candidate for membership of the bloc when they meet for an historic summit in brussels later today. eight medical staff who treated the football legend, diego maradona, in the days before he died are to stand trial for alleged criminal negligence. and as glastonbury gets under way, we hearfrom one regular

who's lost her sight since she last visited the famous music festival. hello and welcome to the programme. afghanistan's taliban rulers have urged aid agencies and other countries to intensify relief efforts after an earthquake in the south—east of the country that's believed to have killed 1,000 people. un agencies are scrambling to get emergency shelter, food and medicine to the worst—hit province, paktika, but access to remote areas has been hampered by heavy rain and flooding. 0ur correspondent secunder kermani is in sharana, the capital of pa ktika province, where casualties from the earthquake are being cared for. a desperate search for survivors.

cracks in the walls of what used to be a home, this, a major disaster of those who survived many now homeless. searching continues in the rubble, but overnight heavy rain and hail has the rescue. the airambulance rain and hail has the rescue. the air ambulance arrives in a remote area, but the response is limited. it is one of only a handful of helicopters left backin handful of helicopters left back in the country since the taliban returned to power. the hospital beds and a paktika's capital are full of both the very youngest and the oldest. this woman survived but lost 19 family members and fears she is now completely alone. translation: now completely alone. tuna/mom- now completely alone. translation: ,, ., ., ., translation: seven in one room, five in the other, _ translation: seven in one room, five in the other, for— translation: seven in one room, five in the other, for in _ five in the other, for in another, and then three and another, and then three and another have all been killed my family. i can't talk anymore.

my family. i can't talk anymore. my heart getting weak. here, the injured are treated but doctors say they are worried about food and supplies in the coming days, as well as waterborne diseases. the un secretary—general antonio guterres said: but it's not yet clear what format will take long—term. the country, one of the poorest in the world was already facing a humanitarian crisis, with millions vulnerable to the ruling taliban still international pariahs, and afg hanistan�*s international pariahs, and afghanistan's economy crushed afg hanistan�*s economy crushed by afghanistan's economy crushed by sanctions. translation: ~ bysanctions. translation: ., translation: we call on the international _ translation: we call on the international community - translation: we call on the international community to i translation: we call on the | international community to help because our country alone cannot handle this incident. we want the international community to start working with others at this time and to continue their cooperation.

as emergency food and medical surprise leave for remote areas, aid agencies fear that this disaster may be worse than already seen. a lack of communication means it is hard to know the extent of the help needed all the damage caused. they can only hope that help comes fast enough. we will be getting an update made in the programme about the food aid effort there. stay with us for that. let's get some of the day's other news. the school district police chief who delayed launching an assault on a mass shooter who killed 19 children and two teachers in uvalde, texas, has been placed on administrative leave. chief pete arredondo was in charge of the law enforcement response in uvalde on the day of the school attack. a second day of strike action on britain's railways is under way, with 80% of the network expected to be shut. last—minute talks between the rmt union and rail bosses failed to avert the walk—out, which is part of a dispute aboutjobs,

working conditions and pay. voters go to the polling station for two by—elections in west yorkshire and devon — station and devon — seats won by the conservatives in 2019. the wakefield mp, imran ahmad khan, stood down french president emmanuel macron has acknowledged that sunday's parliamentary elections have underlined divisions in the country but said all parties must make compromises. mr macron said various political parties at the national assembly would have to make clear how much responsibility they were willing to take. war torn ukraine looks set to be approved as an official eu candidate country — a first step towards joining the bloc. european leaders are gathering in brussels for a summit where they're expected to sign off the move. it's not a guarantee that membership will be granted but ukraine's ambassador to the eu says candidate status will be a huge boost

for his war—torn country. vsevolod chentsov has been speaking to our brussels correspondent, jessica parker. my message is that we need this decision, give this status to ukranian. it decision, give this status to ukranian-— ukranian. it is really important _ ukranian. it is really important for - ukranian. it is really important for you i ukranian. it is really i important for you going to ukranian. it is really _ important for you going to keep fighting, to provide for the ukraine, and to keep fighting for our future, ukraine, and to keep fighting for ourfuture, so it's an existential challenge for us. you accept that this is a long road. i don't want to... what is long, what is short? let's see. let's move to the next stage and, you know, that commission suggested certain steps to be implemented by ukraine before

we open this process, succession talks. the real integration process will start when the war is over, but in the meanwhile when they are talking about those recommendations, i see the potential to implement if not some of them even now. is that doable while ukraine is at war with russia? additional reforms and corruption reforms? we are at quite an advanced stage on all of those issues, so we are not starting from scratch, creating anticorruption scratch, creating anticorru ption infrastructure. definitely the anticorruption infrastructure. definitely the bigger ones, it will be logical to do in the course of reconstruction and a rehabilitation process which will start, i think, immediately after we have a stable stage. is ukraine getting special treatment here in terms of the speed of which this process is

moving? i'm thinking in particular about some countries in the western balkans, they have had candidate status and have had candidate status and have been waiting to join the eu for years. we do not accept the idea of cute. so you are saying, if ukraine jumps the view, so be it? yes, because each state has its own roadmap, its own path, and if there is a political will, if there is a political will, if there is a political will, if there is a support of the society, business operators to move forward, to implement reform in a bold and fast way, so why should wait. the nato secretary general said this conflict could last for years. how do you see the endgame here, both in terms of the war and what that means for your desire tojoin the european union? we heard a lot of prognosis that ukraine will fall after

three days or three weeks. we are still alive and kicking. let's get the latest on the wider battles being fought as a result of russia's invasion of ukraine now. the international energy agency has warned that europe needs to prepare for the possibility that russia may cut off gas supplies completely this coming winter. the bbc�*s mark lobel is with me now. mark, how serious a prospect is this? it isa it is a stark warning from the head of the international energy agency that these gas supplies from russia to europe may be cut off around wintertime. he is saying that it isn't 100% wintertime. he is saying that it isn't100% certain but is serious enough to say there should be contingency plans in place. why is he saying it at the moment was mugged in the last few weeks russia has been blaming technical different booties for being able to provide all the gas need committed to europe, and it is

said that it could be a strategic position to gain leverage as we approach winter. what kind of contingency meadows are we talking about? the kind of contingency measures we're talking about are firing up coal plants. germany, italy and the netherlands have signalled they would like to do that to keep nuclear power going, or to ration gas. this is more a suggestion of the head of the iea. now, since the beginning of the war, tens of billions has been spent by europe on gas, and we have seen them cut their natural supply of gas from 40% to 20%. it is quite different where we have been wondering if your ball cut off russia supplies, considering they have spent tens of billions of dollars of our, and then needing to decrease the natural gas supply that they take, but it is looking like it may be the

other way around. indeed, so on a separate but not unrelated story, also in ukraine today, for the first time a russian soldier is going to stand trialfor time a russian soldier is going to stand trial for rape, what more can you tell us about that. ., �* , more can you tell us about that. . �* , ., that. that's right. in a few hours, mikhail— that. that's right. in a few hours, mikhail romanov l that. that's right. in a few. hours, mikhail romanov will that. that's right. in a few- hours, mikhail romanov will be on trialfor alleged rape in kyiv. the story goes that he broke into a house, killed the homeowner and raped his wife, possibly several times. he will be tried in absentia because he wasn't actually captured. the alleged victim pulled him out of — identified timber, if you like, on social media, and that is how he is standing trial. the ukrainian prosecutors said this is a shameful war crime, and this of course comes after the prosecution in may of 21—year—old soldier for shooting a man through a

calendar, saying he was following orders, and apologised to the widow in court. so that was a first there. the prosecutors saying these kinds of convictions, and these kinds of convictions, and the seriousness in which they take them is important and getting other people to come forward as well. eight medical staff are to stand trial in argentina, accused of criminal negligence in the death of the legendary footballer, diego maradona, including his family doctor, a psychologist and two nurses. maradona died of a heart attack in 2020 while recovering from brain surgery for a blood clot. no date has been set for the trial. wendy urquhart reports. prosecutors claimed that those who were meant to be taking care of diego maradona when he was recovering from surgery from a blood clot were woefully inadequate. an investigation was launched after the footballer�*s death and last year, a panel of 20 experts found that his medical team acted in an inappropriate, deficient and reckless manner, adding, that he would have had a better chance of survival if he had been treated in an appropriate

medicalfacility. diego maradona was widely considered to be one of the greatest footballers of all time, and was as large as life off the pitch as when he was on it, but he had his demons, too. he struggled with drug and alcohol abuse for a long time and, in the years before he died, he was back and forward to hospital with health problems. the medical staff facing charges include his family doctor. they all deny responsibility but if found guilty, they could be jailed for between eight and 25 years. wendy urquhart, bbc news. stay with us on bbc news, still to come: glastonbury gets under way. we hearfrom one regular who's lost her sight since she last visited the famous music festival. members of the neo—nazi resistance movement stormed the world trade center, armed with pistols

and shotguns. we believe that, according to international law, that we have a right to claim certain parts of this country as ourland. i take pride in the words "ich bin ein berliner". cheering as the uk woke up to the news that it is to exit the european union, leave campaigners began celebrating. in total, 17.4 million people voted for the uk to leave the eu. the medical research council has now advised the government that the great increase in lung cancer is due mainly to smoking tobacco. it was closing time for checkpoint charlie which, for 29 years, has stood on the border as a mark of allied determination to defend the city.

this is bbc news. the latest headlines: the taliban government in afghanistan has appealed for international help in dealing with the aftermath of a large earthquake that's hit the south east of the country. 1,000 people are believed to have died and many more are injured or left homeless. let's stay with our top story now. time for a full round up of the latest sports news. hello i'm tulsen tollett and this is your sports news, where we start with serena williams and 0ns jabeur booking their place in the eastbourne international semi—finals. the duo were straight—sets winners over shulo aoyama and chan hao—ching and will now move through to face aleksandra kunic and magda linnette as williams continues to build towards wimbledon after almost a year out of the game. england made it a clean sweep with an 8—wicket victory in the 3rd and final one day international against the netherlands on wednesday. jason roy and stand—in captain joss butler

put on an unbeaten stand of 163 as england secured the win in amstelveen, with almost 20 overs remaining. the england test match team will also be looking for a series clean sweep when they take on new zealand at headingley, starting in the coming hours. the third and final match of the series will see england give a debut to pace bowler jamie 0verton who replaces james anderson after he picked up an ankle injury. he has been bowling fast this yearfor he has been bowling fast this year for sorry, he has been bowling fast this yearforsorry, he's he has been bowling fast this yearfor sorry, he's been year for sorry, he's been taking yearfor sorry, he's been taking wickets, he has been as i seen the point of difference. so it's great to have someone come in this week and represent england being in the good form he is, not a better time to come up and show the world what he is capable of. to come to the changing room like him and bowl aggressively. sadio mane has completed his move from liverpool

to bayern munich. the 30—year—old moves to the bundesliga in a deal worth nearly $113 million. the senegal international spent six years at anfield winning the champions league, premier league, fa cup and league cup. managerjurgen klopp said he is one of "one of liverpool's greatest—ever players". he isa he is a very good guy. he would love me to stay but, i think, he understands my education like the club, and they accept i must, all the best for, for liveable. —— liverpool. the third women's golf major of the year, the pga championship, heads out later at the congressional country club in maryland. defending champion nelly korda will play for a record $9 million purse after organisers doubled its prize money. the winner of this year's major will collect $1.35 million and having spent a long time out of the game due to a blood clot, korda has been upbeat with her return thus far.

i'm just happy to be out here playing competitive golf, and i gave myself a chance last week, and if you told me that, when i was laying in the eri would have definitely been very happy with that. in the men's game, world number two rory mcilroy says the players who've joined the liv series are "duplicitous" for the way they've made the break. he made his comments in the wake of brooks koepka joining the controversial tour. i'm surprised that a lot of these guys, because they say one thing and then they do another. i don't understand that, and i don't know if that's for legal reasons or if they cannot, i have no idea. it's pretty duplicitous on their part to say one thing and then do another one. you can get all the latest sports news at our website — that's bbc.com/sport. but from me, tolsen tullett, and the rest of the team, that's your sports news

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chosen to join them along the way like rwanda. it is hosting this meeting for the first time. but that has attracted criticism. victoire spent eight years in prison for what she believes were politically motivated charges. she moved back from europe to run for president after rwanda joined the commonwealth. you president after rwanda “oined the commonwealth. you want rwanda to _ the commonwealth. you want rwanda to become _ the commonwealth. you want rwanda to become a - the commonwealth. you want i rwanda to become a democratic country. is rwanda to become a democratic count . , rwanda to become a democratic country-- no. _ rwanda to become a democratic country-- no. if— rwanda to become a democratic country.- no, if you i country. is it? no, if you criticised _ country. is it? no, if you criticised authority i country. is it? no, if you criticised authority you i country. is it? no, if you i criticised authority you are labelled to be the enemy of the state. ,, , , state. she missed the wedding of her son. _ state. she missed the wedding of her son, she _ state. she missed the wedding of her son, she is _ state. she missed the wedding of her son, she is not - state. she missed the wedding of her son, she is not allowed l of her son, she is not allowed to leave rwanda despite been pardoned by the president. the government says this is a country on the men since the devastating genocide. we country on the men since the devastating genocide. we have a commitment _ devastating genocide. we have a commitment to _ devastating genocide. we have a commitment to the _ devastating genocide. we have a commitment to the rule - devastating genocide. we have a commitment to the rule of- devastating genocide. we have a commitment to the rule of law . commitment to the rule of law in this country, anyone can have an opinion, anyone can

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ship arctic explorer ernest shackleton will be extended from one for the metres to 500 metres. the endurance, which had been lost for more than 100 years lies 3,000 metres speaking the ice, the rediscovery of the vessel and much was hailed as a major historical breakthrough, and conservationists are keen to protect the site from future commercial and touristic exploitation. the glastonbury festival is under way after a three—year break due to covid. the five—day event in somerset in the south west of england will host around 200,000 visitors — entertained by headline artists including, sir paul mccartney, billie eilish and, kendrick lamar. festival goers will once again include regulars who return every year. one of them is nina chesworth, who's lost her sight since her last visit to glastonbury. abbi smitton went to meet her.

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music. the song has new fans, 37 years after it was first on the top ten because it featured in the netflix drama stranger things, speaking to woman's hour on bbc radio 4 kate bush said she had been shocked by the response. it’s said she had been shocked by the response.— the response. it's 'ust extraordinary, i the response. it's 'ust extraordinary, it'si the response. it'sjustl extraordinary, it's such the response. it'sjusti extraordinary, it's such a great series i thought trek would get some attention, but i just never imagined it would be anything like this, so, it's so exciting but it's quite shocking, really, isn't it? the whole world has gone mad. aha, whole world has gone mad. a reminder of ourtop whole world has gone mad. a reminder of our top story the taliban government in afghanistan has appealed for more international support as it struggles to cope with the wednesday devastating earthquake in the south—east of the country, more than a thousand people are believed to have died, others buried in

rubble of their roman times. i will be back in a couple of minutes with the business news. in the meantime, catch me on social media. —— ruined homes. hello there. over the past few days we have seen temperatures rising and on wednesday temperatures reached 28 degrees in london and here in aboyne, aberdeenshire, 26 degrees was the warmest day of the year so far in scotland. the next few days will turn cooler, temperatures dropping, turning more unsettled, more rain in the forecast as well. we still have some cloud in the north and north—west of scotland but it is the cloud in france that we need to keep a close eye on. that has been producing some thundery downpours and that will trigger some more showers as we head through thursday, especially early on through the channel islands in the english channel and then we will see those showers developing and moving further north into england and wales. some of them will be heavy and thundery, there will still be some warm sunshine around as well. and scotland and northern

ireland may well have a dry day with sunny spells and lighter winds, not as warm as it was on wednesday in eastern scotland. very warm day across england and wales despite those showers, probably the highest temperatures ahead of those showers across north midlands and northern england. the weather is changing because pressure is falling and that means we are likely to find more cloud, we're going to find more rain as well particularly on that weather front approaching the southwest. there will be some sunshine around but we are going to find more showers breaking out, those turning heavier and thundery especially across northern england heading into scotland, this band of rain arrives in parts of wales and the south—west of england and with more cloud around temperatures will be lower, typically 20—22 degrees. the last of the warm weather probably stuck across east anglia. heading into the weekend and rather than high pressure dominating the weather it's going to be low pressure swirling around to the west of the uk so looking at the details for saturday and we are looking at most of the wet weather across the western side of the uk with more showers breaking out through the day.

there will still be some sunshine but we may see the cloud thickening, threatening some rain across the south—east of england and east anglia. temperatures looking like this, about 19—21 degrees. a bit cooler in northern ireland, quite wet here close to that area of low pressure and again it is going to be northern and western areas that see the most of the rain, heavy and thundery in places. further east through the midlands and eastern england it may well be dry on sunday, that is where we are going to find the highest temperatures. it will be cooler in the wetter weather in the west.

this is bbc news. i'm tadhg enright with the latest business headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. off the rails. more travel chaos for millions in the uk, as train workers press ahead with another day of strike action. �*it�*s certainly a possibility�* — fast—rising interest rates could drive the us into recession, admits the head of the federal reserve. 9.1% and counting. no respite from the cost of living crisis — as uk inflation hits a new a0 year high plus, engineering change. why the profession's still more than 80% male, and what can be done to attract more women?