this is bbc news. i'm annita mcveigh and these are the latest headlines in the uk and around the world. 46 people have been found dead in an abandoned lorry on the outskirts of the texan city of san antonio. we are dealing with a horrific human tragedy. so i would urge you all to think compassionately and pray for the deceased, the ailing, the families. borisjohnson and other g7 leaders say yesterday's russian missile strike on a shopping centre in ukraine was a war crime. at least 18 people died in the attack in the city of kremenchuk. police in india arrest journalist mohammed zubair, who has been a vocal critic of prime minister narendra modi. a man has been arrested

on suspicion of murdering 35—year—old zara aleena in england. police say she was the victim of an "opportunist stranger attack". scotland's first minister nicola sturgeon will set out her plans to hold a second referendum on scottish independence. and the dogs not playing ball — how these pooches were tipped to be wimbledon�*s ball boys and girls, but failed to get moving... ..without a treat. hello and welcome if you're watching in the uk or around the world. at least 46 people have been found dead in an abandoned lorry on the outskirts of san antonio, texas. officials say a further 16 people, including four children,

were taken to hospital suffering from heat stroke and exhaustion. san antonio is around 150 miles from the us—mexico border and a major transit route for people traffickers. azadeh moshiri. emergency responders crowd together after dozens of bodies were found in an abandoned lorry. more than a dozen survivors, including children, were rushed to hospital. a worker who works in the buildings up here behind me heard a cry for help, came out to investigate, found a trailer with the doors partially open, opened them up to take a look and found a number of deceased individuals inside. the lorry was found in san antonio, texas, around 250 kilometres from the us mexico border. the victims are believed to be

migrants trying to make their way into the united states. the patients that we saw were hot to the touch. they were suffering from heat stroke, heat exhaustion, no signs of water in the vehicle, it was a refrigerated tractor—trailer but there was no visible working ac unit on that rig. we're not supposed to open up a truck and see stacks of bodies in there. none of us come to work imagining that. the governor of texas, greg abbott, has blamed us president joe biden for the deaths, arguing they are a result of his deadly open border policies. state officials in texas have been dealing with record levels of migrant crossings from mexico, as they have prepared for a surge during a hot summer, with temperatures reaching 39.4

celsius on monday. as a federal investigation is launched, these deaths are a reminder of how perilous thatjourney is. azadeh moshiri, bbc news. antonio fernandez is chief executive officer of catholic charities. he is at a hospital where victims have been taken. right now we know that 46 people died, 16 people are in the hospital, including some children. what i know is they are in very bad condition so i don't know if these people are going to make it or not. i hope they do, we are trying to do whatever it takes to help them. you know, we are not allowed to be by the truck but what we know is there were bodies all over the place on the truck and it is the same situation that has happened here in san antonio five years ago where some more immigrants were found in the back of a truck. it is sad how these people

are being treated crossing the borderfrom mexico into america and it's just not right. earlier i spoke to cbs correspondent naomi ruckum, who had the latest. this naomi ruckum, who had the latest. appears to be incident this appears to be a human smuggling incident gone horribly long, especially because several children were injured. a federal investigation is under way in san antonio after at least 46 suspected migrants were found dead in the back of the 18 wheeler truck. additionally, 16 people were taken to hospitals with heat —related injuries and that includes four children who authority save up to the touch, they were dehydrated and there were no signs of water in the trailer. police say a city worker helped uncover the gruesome scene after hearing a cry for help near a tractor—trailer on a remote back road. officers say the worker looked in the trailer and found a number of dead bodies. police say they may conduct another canine search in the

nearby woods today to make sure there are no additional bodies, but three people were also taken into custody. three people were also taken into custod . ., ., , three people were also taken into custod. ., ., , ., ., custody. how common is it for human traffickers to — custody. how common is it for human traffickers to use _ custody. how common is it for human traffickers to use lorries _ custody. how common is it for human traffickers to use lorries and - traffickers to use lorries and trucks as a method of transport to take people across the mexico us border? . ., , , ., , ., , border? the incident appears to be the latest and _ border? the incident appears to be the latest and one _ border? the incident appears to be the latest and one of— border? the incident appears to be the latest and one of the _ border? the incident appears to be the latest and one of the deadliest| the latest and one of the deadliest in decades involving people trying to cross the border. and this is not the first migrant related tragedy to strike san antonio itself. migrants are found in a sweltering tractor—trailer near a walmart store. but the number of dead in this incident is shedding light on a migrant crisis along the southern border and the human smugglers who get them there and beyond. already this fiscal year us customs and border protection has recorded more than 1.5 million migrant encounters in the south—west. nearly the same amount as all of 2021. we

in the south-west. nearly the same amount as all of 2021.— amount as all of 2021. we heard in the reort amount as all of 2021. we heard in the report that _ amount as all of 2021. we heard in the report that the _ amount as all of 2021. we heard in the report that the governor - amount as all of 2021. we heard in the report that the governor of - the report that the governor of texas, the republican governor of texas, the republican governor of texas, gregg abbott, has been quick to blame president biden, what he describes as his deadly open border policies. has there been any response from the white house yet? are situations like this turn into a blame game because the body is so contentious. republicans and democrats have different views on how to approach the immigration problem that we have on the border. president biden himself has not yet responded to that latest criticism but these incidents have repeatedly happened through all administrations. it has notjust been democrats or republicans. what needs to happen now is some kind of compromise in washington but as we know, that is hard to come by. tony smith was former head of the uk border force and director of ports and borders in both

the uk and canada. i asked him how common it was for human traffickers to use lorries to smuggle people. what people are seeing is something that's been getting steadily worse over recent years. so what we're seeing is human smugglers are prepared to resort to increasingly dangerous routes including concealment, as you say, in these vehicles in adverse temperatures, weather conditions, leaving unattended vehicles with people in the back. we've seen problems on maritime with people drowning. i'm afraid there is a lot of money in human smuggling networks and at the moment the business model is succeeding, more people are falling into their hands. and i'm afraid that unless the international community can wake up and do something about this, things are only going to get worse. i want to talk to you about the business model, do these traffickers have any care for the welfare of these people in these lorries? do they think the word will get back that people have died in this case because of the heat and lack of water? or do theyjust not care and do

they reckon enough people are desperate enough to make this journey that they don't care about the conditions? they don't care, i'm afraid, i have dealt with them myself in my time in the border force and i know officers that are dealing with them now and they really have no regard for human life, whatsoever. if people die, it's just part of the business for them, they just want the money. the trouble is, people will pay. if they see the destination model work and and they see people getting through borders in this way, then the more they will want to come. there is huge pressure is to emigrate into places like america, the uk and europe and more people with global mobility are falling into that trap. weve got the national crime agency, the americans are working hard on this but we are seeing record numbers there on that southern border now in the us. it is similar problems in the mediterranean, similar problems here between the uk and france where the smugglers are gaining the upper hand, so i really think it's politicians who need to come together and say, how are we going to work together to stop this?

on that point, what are the main methods that can be deployed to try to begin to tackle this? international agreements, i think. a lot of countries now won't take their own nationals back at borders, there isn't collaboration on both sides of the border because of various issues. but essentially we do need proper border controls and we need to know that when people try to permeate a border like this, the business model will not work and it is not worth it. we need to make it easier for people who are legitimately allowed to come through. and for those who don't, we need it betterfor them to stay where they are. this is much, much bigger than a border officer, it's a global issue that the g7 and the international community in really need to get to grips with. it requires political collaboration on both sides with a common purpose to stop human people smuggling and save lives.

ukrainian president volodymyr zelensky has described a russian missile strike on a shopping centre in central ukraine as "one of the most brazen terrorist acts in the history of europe". at least 18 people were killed, and more than 50 injured, when the building was hit yesterday afternoon. rescue crews have spent the night searching for survivors. volodymyr zelensky in a call with the nato secretary general "stressed the importance of a powerful missile defense system for ukraine to prevent what he called russian terrorist attacks". our europe correspondent, nick beake, reports. this inferno is not a ukrainian military target. it's a ukrainian shopping centre. no weapons here, just families. these were the bewildering minutes after russia's latest devastating missile attack on the central city of kremenchuk. inside the building, panic. "is anyone alive? " a man calls out.

there's a faint answer. "where are you? come here," the man says again. monday afternoon shoppers became paramedics, helping to load the injured into ambulances. those nearby at the time of impact struggling to make sense of what had happened. i was not far away from the place where it happened, some 500 metres away. and people were running around, and after about 30 minutes, i decided to go and check out the place. the centre was just destroyed. i just am out of words. i did not expect something like this could happen in my town. as they began to clear the wreckage, the number of dead was rising. each piece of debris revealing a clearer picture of the damage done. well, for hours now, they have been bringing out these

pieces of mangled metal from the shopping centre, leaving them here, and the work goes on. even though it's now pitch black and that is because there is an urgency. many people were in the shopping centre at the time of the attack and the fear is that many more people have died. speaking at the shopping centre, ukraine's interior minister told us that this was an act of terrorism, perpetrated by putin and the russian federation. president zelensky claimed up to 1000 people could have been inside at the time, and had these words. translation: only completely messed up terrorists, _ for whom there is no place on earth, could strike such a place. it's not an accidental hit by missiles, it is a deliberate russian strike. this carnage is more than 80 miles away from russian occupied land, so it was most likely the work of a guided missile. why here? we don't know.

but moscow is showing this city and the watching world its assault on ukraine and its people is not going to stop. nick beake, bbc news, ukraine. our correspondent in kyiv, joe inwood, gave me this update on the search efforts at the shopping centre in kremenchuk. it is not going to be a happy outcome. the from this missile strike, it is unlikely anyone will be alive, it is a recovery mission rather than a rescue at this point. shoppers became paramedics and they have been taken to local hospitals. we have seen interviews with them and they talk of the scene of

devastation, confusion, dust, smoke and the fire. they were thrown all around and there were some serious injuries that happened as a consequence of this. in a speech on earlier today at the royal united services institute, general sir patrick sanders, the chief of the general staff, says he had never seen such a clear threat to peace and democracy as the "brutal aggression" of russian president vladimir putin and that britain's army was "mobilising not to provoke war but to prevent war". as we verbalise i echo the words of general montgomery to his team in the dust of the north african desert in 1942... we must have confidence in 1942... we must have confidence in one another. as the new cgs i have confidence in each and every one of you and i'm proud to stand among you. and my final message to you is this, this is the moment to defend the democratic values that define us. this is the moment to help our brave ukrainian allies in

their gallant struggle. this is the moment we stand with our friends and partners to maintain peace throughout the rest of europe. this is our moment. seize it. let's speak to the ukrainian mp maria mezentseva, who is travelling in northern ukraine. thank you forjoining us today. i know you are on the move and i hope you can talk to us. your reaction first of all to this horrific attack on the shopping centre? first of all, i am on the shopping centre? first of all. i am new — on the shopping centre? first of all, i am now in _ on the shopping centre? first of all, i am now in irpine, - on the shopping centre? first of all, i am now in irpine, and - on the shopping centre? first of all, i am now in irpine, and you| on the shopping centre? first of. all, i am now in irpine, and you can see at the back of me, the acts are basically genocide and they are war crimes. colleagues from the council

of europe member states, but what happened in kremenchukjust happened in kremenchuk just recently, happened in kremenchukjust recently, next to my home region, car keys, which was also shelled severely. —— car care. leaving many deaths, wounded, children, elderly people, everyone. the shopping mall in kremenchuk was not a military target or anything linked to military purpose so it can be sheuedin military purpose so it can be shelled in such a terrible manner. it was outlined by president zelensky and many observers and the team which works on the war crime, including the national police. of course, that has to be recorded

immediately, it has to be in the file of the war and international tribunal. we have set up recently with 46 countries, including the uk, and backing us was the investigative teams for the purpose, even the mining facilities and technical equipment is very necessary right now. after such terrorist attacks, russians are leaving little presents for us, and the rockets being used is a sign of the breach of the geneva convention.- is a sign of the breach of the geneva convention. clearly, life has chanced geneva convention. clearly, life has changed completely _ geneva convention. clearly, life has changed completely for _ geneva convention. clearly, life has changed completely for ukrainians l geneva convention. clearly, life has| changed completely for ukrainians in the last few months, but i wonder what impact you think the attack on the shopping centre will have on the people of ukraine as they watch what

happened to people who are trying to go about their day with some semblance of normality? i go about their day with some semblance of normality? i always say the same thing. _ semblance of normality? i always say the same thing, normality _ semblance of normality? i always say the same thing, normality stopped i the same thing, normality stopped its existence in ukraine on the 21st of february. every day for us is a victory date because we survive. for those who unfortunately did not paid with their lives, for us to continue to live and try to speak up on the international scene as the one you are providing for us, the very important thing is not to leave the opportunity. someone has to have a say in the international courts. for us today on the constitution day of ukraine, it is very important to say thank you to our military forces and every doctor who he was now helping

those poor children and adults who were victims of this war crime. even more than that, to keep going as functioning institutions in parliament and the local authorities. your international support is tremendously important in terms of restoration, in terms of living facilities and many, many other things which are so vital to ukrainians right now. they want to stay in their home country.- stay in their home country. maria, thank ou stay in their home country. maria, thank you very _ stay in their home country. maria, thank you very much _ stay in their home country. maria, thank you very much for _ stay in their home country. maria, thank you very much for your - stay in their home country. maria, | thank you very much for your time, ukrainian mp, talking to us. a former nazi concentration camp guard has become the oldest person to be convicted in connection with the holocaust. a court in germany sentenced josef schuetz, who is 101—years—old to five years in prison

for his involvement in the killing of three—and—a—half thousand prisoners at sachsenhausen camp during the second world war. during his trial, he said he was a farm labourer in germany for most of the second world war. but prosecutors produced a number of historical documents which contradicted his version of events, and said he "knowingly and willingly" participated in the crimes as a camp guard. police in india have arrested a journalist who has been a vocal critic of prime minister narendra modi's government. mohammed zubair is the co—founder of fact—checking site altnews and has a huge social media following. he's been accused of insulting religious beliefs on twitter but many opposition leaders and journalists have condemned the arrest. they say it was a clear attempt by the hindu—nationalist government to clamp down on those who expose hate speech. let's speak now to our south asia correspondent rajini vaidyanathan. hello to you, tell us more about the background to this story? he: mentioned one of india's prominent

muslim journalist, mentioned one of india's prominent muslimjournalist, he mentioned one of india's prominent muslim journalist, he co—founded a chief fact checking website called altnews and has been a vocal critic of prime minister narendra modi's government. we know he was arrested on monday. reports say this dates back to a complaint over a tweet that was posted by him in 2018 where he commented on the renaming of a hotel to the hindu god. somebody complained, a hindu nationalist complaint saying it offended his religious sensibilities and from what we have heard, that is why he has now been detained. he was accused of offending religious sensibilities here. this also comes after he retreated some post

relating to the bjp's national spokesperson, who made offensive comments about the prophet muhammad when he shared those tweets and there was a lot of outrage as well from hindu nationalists. but opposition party saying this is an attempt by the government to target anyone who calls out hate speech. what are mr zubair�*s support are saying about that? they are saying the motive of the reason given for the motive of the reason given for the rest as an excuse?— the rest as an excuse? there has been a pattern — the rest as an excuse? there has been a pattern that _ the rest as an excuse? there has been a pattern that some - the rest as an excuse? there has| been a pattern that some people, including mr zubair�*s supporters have been saying, in recent years the nationalist bjp came to power in 2014, there have been more arrests ofjournalists 2014, there have been more arrests of journalists and 2014, there have been more arrests ofjournalists and anti—government of journalists and anti—government activists. ofjournalists and anti—government activists. there have been other journalists who have spent months and months injail and they say journalists who have spent months and months in jail and they say they haven't done anything wrong. many people say it is part of a trend

where you have human rights groups questioning the freedom of basic speech here in india, which is the world's largest democracy. there is huge concern around mr zubair�*s arrest and detention. because of the context here in recent years there has been an increase in hate crime and hate speech against muslims, but police say this arrest has been done under proper process.— police say this arrest has been done under proper process. thank you very much. the leaders of the world's richest nations have issued a joint statement describing russia's actions as "abominable". they were meeting at the g7 summit in germany when the attack took place. today, most of them will be in madrid for a meeting of the nato military alliance, where they'll discuss the growing threat from russia. the g7 summit is being held in the bavarian alps, where our correspondent jenny hill is. jenny, hello again to you. what is happening in ukraine dominated the g7 and will dominate this nato

meeting as well, what more have the leader said about the attack on the shopping centre and what they can do in a practical sense to help ukraine?— in a practical sense to help ukraine? , ., _, ukraine? they have condemned the strike in the — ukraine? they have condemned the strike in the strongest _ ukraine? they have condemned the strike in the strongest terms - ukraine? they have condemned the strike in the strongest terms in - ukraine? they have condemned the strike in the strongest terms in a i strike in the strongest terms in a joint statement. i think the strike has rather sharpened the focus of leaders here. reminding them perhaps of water or rather who they are dealing with. vladimir putin, they said, will be held accountable for this indiscriminate attack on civilians. they don't specify how they might achieve that aim but they have made a pledge that is, they will not rest until russia ends what they describe as a cruel and senseless war. the subject of ukraine has dominated this summit, not least because president zelensky joined leaders via video link yesterday. the americans for not give us a great deal of detail about

what was said in that meeting, because so much of it was about president zelensky�*s strategy for the ongoing conflict, so for security reasons they cannot tell us a great deal about it, other than he has asked for more support, money and weapons and more sanctions on russia and that broadly speaking, the leaders sat around the table talking to him are responding positively to that. so we know they will send more economic aid to ukraine, some $28 billion this year. they have pledged to send military support, more weapons, equipment and they will be more training of troops. separately to that, they have been very keen to try and put the pressure onto vladimir putin financially. it is broadly acknowledged that existing sanctions from the west haven't entirely succeeded in cutting off the flow of money that russia is still getting in particularfrom its sales money that russia is still getting in particular from its sales of oil. on that is money that vladimir putin is using two key financing his war. there has been a lot of discussion

going on here about fresh sanctions, new ideas and a global cap on the price of russian oil and that wasn't drive down oil prices, hit vladimir putin where it hurts, in the pockets. potential ban on exported russian gold, for example. the leaders have spoken about sanctions on the russian defence industry and infrastructure, making sure that supply chains are targeted so it is not getting access to the outside world's components or technologies and so on. so a lot under discussion, there will be a final statement from the leaders, a communique, they call it here but thatis communique, they call it here but that is probably what it is going to say and some of it they have already announced. many of them will be heading to the nato summit and nato is keen to pile the pressure on vladimir putin, talking about a fundamental shift in its tragedy in talking about significantly increasing its military capabilities.— increasing its military caabilities. , ., ,, increasing its military caabilities. , . ~' ,

capabilities. jenny, thank you very much. nicola sturgeon is preparing to set out her plans for a second referendum on scottish independence. the first minister will make a statement in the scottish parliament this afternoon, when she's expected to say a vote will take place in october next year, with or without the formal consent of westminster. the uk government says now is not the time for another referendum. our scotland correspondent, lorna gordon has the latest on what the first minister is likely to focus on in her statement later. there will be two areas nicola sturgeon will focus on, one will be the mandate. she will argue strongly she has that mandate because a majority of pro—independent msps were voted in at the last scottish election. that is snp msps and green msps on both of those parties had mentioned referendums in their manifestos. the other side of this independence debate in the form of alisterjack, the secretary of state for scotland would argue that mandate doesn't

exist because of fewer than a third of the overall electorate voted for the snp at the last election. the flip side to that, of course, 48% of those who did vote, voted in favour of the snp, so there are many ways to slice the cake statistically but nicola sturgeon would argue she has a strong mandate because she has a lot of pro—independence msps at holyrood. the second area is process, that is what the speculation in scotland has been about these last few weeks, the scottish cabinet, the scottish government cabinet will be meeting just now and hearing what those plans are. nicola sturgeon has called this a significant update on how a lawful vote can be held without the uk government agreeing to transfer the powers to the scottish government. that is what happened the last time around when the vote was held in 2014. ahead of that vote there

was the edinburgh agreement and a section 30 order. that transferred the powers to hold an independence referendum to the scottish government. that feels like it is unlikely this time around. the uk government saying now is not the time. what might the other paths be? and then letting it fight its way through the courts? that is one possibility. another possibility is the holding of a consultative ballot with a slightly different question than was posed back in 2014. there are challenges to that, could it face challenges in the court, might it be boycotted by prounion voters in scotland? and if a majority of people who did vote, voted in favour

of whatever question was muted, would that vote be recognised by the uk government and indeed internationally? so a lot of speculation about what the first minister might announce at holyrood this afternoon. very little has leaked out thus far, but this is a significant day in the ongoing debate over scotland's future. a 29—year—old man is being held on suspicion of murdering a woman in east london. zara aleena, who was 35, was attacked while she walked through ilford in the early hours of sunday morning. the met police believe she was the victim of what it called an "opportunist stranger attack". one of her friends paid tribute to her. she was just a kind soul, the sweetest girl, she could never harm a fly. i mean, always polite, always bubbly and the sweetest girl you could ever meet, really. so much going for her. ghislaine maxwell will be sentenced in the us today for recruiting and grooming girls for her former partner — the paedophilejeffrey epstein — to abuse. she could be jailed for up

to 55 years after a jury found her guilty of five counts, including sex trafficking, in december. our new york correspondent, nada tawfik spoke to annie farmer — the only victim to testify against maxwell using her real name. the sense of knowing you have spoken your truth is a powerful feeling. annie farmer's distressing testimony helped secure ghislaine maxwell's sex trafficking conviction. on the stand, she recounted how maxwell molested and groomed herfor abuse byjeffrey epstein when she was 16 years old. when maxwell is sentenced, annie hopes the judge considers all of those she harmed. these crimes have not only impacted the individuals that experienced them, but also that there is a systemic impact for those people's partners and families and loved ones. if you think about all the number of people involved, then the harm that she caused is almost immeasurable. jurors found maxwell guilty on five of the six counts against her in late december.

annie and three other women detailed how maxwell was epstein's chief enabler, a predator who manipulated the teenagers and then tried to normalise sexual contact under the ruse of massage. still, in the latest court documents, her lawyers continue to argue that she is being made a scapegoat for epstein. in a bid for a lighter sentence they wrote, "she had a difficult, traumatic childhood with an overbearing, narcissistic and demanding father. it made her vulnerable to epstein." they also raised concerns about her treatment in prison, writing, "miss maxwell was the target of a credible death threat from a fellow inmate." annie farmer said she was disappointed but not surprised by maxwell's focus on how her own life had been ruined. ifelt, again, there had been an opportunity for her to take ownership of what she had done, for her, in some ways, to express remorse to the victims of her crimes. and it was all about her.

evidence presented here during this high—profile trial gave the public a glimpse into maxwell and epstein's lavish lifestyle and relationship. but many questions remain. how did epstein amass all of his wealth? why did maxwell help him, and will any accomplices be held accountable? david boies represents dozens of epstein's accusers, including annie. he said many of his clients are concerned that the justice department will consider the epstein case now closed. this could not have gone on at the scope it went on and for the years that it went on without the cooperation, complicity and collaboration of many people, some of them rich and powerful and politically connected. whether those people escape justice or not, i think, is one of the unanswered questions. annie says she and the other women are grateful to have got this far in their quest for accountability.

after their long and difficult fight to be heard, ghislaine maxwell's sentencing is a significant step towards justice. nada tawfik, bbc news, new york. a woman in the uk who is suing a rape crisis centre forfailing to provide women—only support meetings and making group sessions trans—inclusive, has told the bbc she is fighting for women's rights. june kelly reports. i think my case is about women's rights. i think women have sex—based rights and protections and these are under threat at the moment from trans activism. the words of the woman bringing this legal case against her local rape crisis centre in brighton. she says she started going to group meetings here because she was sexually abused as a child, and then, when she was in her 20s, she was raped. how did you find those initial meetings? really, really supportive and helpful. it was all women.

i had a support network, which is the first time i've felt that since the abuse happened, and i was raped. legally, she has to remain anonymous and so she is using the pseudonym, sarah, and we have had her words re—voiced. you went to another session. just talk us through what happened. there was someone in that group that appeared to be male. i assume this person was trans. i was a bit taken aback. why was it so difficult for you to have somebody in that group who is a trans woman? i have been raped by a man. i have been sexually abused by men, and ijust don't necessarily trust that men are who they say they are. the charity, survivors' network, which runs the rape crisis centre in brighton, declined our request for an interview because it said it hadn't yet received details of the legal claim from sarah's lawyers, but in a statement, it told us...

sarah denies she is transphobic. i think it is brilliant that they are so openly supportive to the transgender community but for me, personally, a mixed sex space doesn't work. i think having one additional group for women who were born female would be the obvious solution. sarah says that there are no other single—sex services in brighton. meanwhile, the rape crisis centre says that it wants to reassure all survivors that it is still there for them. june kelly, bbc news. and if you're affected by the issues in that report, bbc actionline has the details of where you can find support, should you need it.

it's now four days since the us supreme court over—ruled a woman's constitutional right to an abortion, bringing the united states far closer to the policies of its latin american neighbours. several of them have a total ban on abortion, including in cases of rape, incest and where the mother's life is at risk. and in el salvador, some women were sentenced to 30 years in prison because they had a miscarriage. our central america correspondent will grant went to find out more. between them, these women served nearly 50 years in jail. their crime? having a miscarriage in a country with the strictest abortion laws in the world. their early release following years of campaigning represents a small but important victory for women's rights groups in el salvador. among them was elsie, sentenced to 30 years for aggravated homicide after she miscarried in 2011.

ijust kept thinking — why? why did those who testified against me do this to me? but these are injustices that happen and there are many others who are going through what i did. elsie is right about other cases. in may, a woman called esmee received 30 years for a miscarriage. campaigners say their battle is to change society, and warn the us would do well to look south. translation: latin america could take something - to the united states through experiences as terrible as ours, in which you will end up having women denied freedom under these circumstances. but there are examples of building common ground and finding solutions. as much of latin america begins to relax its strict abortion rules, el salvador�*s deeply conservative society, where the church

still looms over its politics, shows little sign of moving in the same direction. instead, it remains the clearest example of what can happen in a country with an outright ban and to reproductive rights groups in the us — a stark warning about what may lie ahead. at this home for abandoned children, this five—year—old is attended to around the clock by her carers. she has microcephaly, where babies have a much reduced head size, possibly linked to a zika virus outbreak. the staff do everything they can to give her a dignified, comfortable life but in truth, with no option to abort, some parents see no choice but to abandon. with anti—abortion politicians controlling parliament and the evangelical church growing fast, there is slim hope of reform any time soon.

tanslation: i think salvadoreans are still quite conservative, - quite god—fearing if i can put it that way. so none of these movements which we see in other parts of the world have prospered here. as such, more women in el salvador will no doubt end up in prison for miscarriage, a model being watched with worry in the us following the ruling of the supreme court. at least 12 people have been killed and more than 250 injured after an explosion of toxic gas at thejordanian port of aqaba. the blast came after a storage tank containing 25 tonnes of chlorine fell from a winch and hit the deck of a ship, causing a large plume of chlorine gas. specialist teams have been sent to the port to deal with the clean—up operation. the united nations secretary—general, antonio guterres, has said the world's seas

are in crisis. he was opening a conference that will discuss the devastating effects of pollution and climate change on the oceans. more than 7,000 delegates are attending the conference in portugal. the bbc�*s gail maclellan has more. oceans cover 70% of the planet's surface, generating over half of the world's oxygen. they also have a vital role in the fight against climate change since they absorb 25% of all carbon dioxide emissions. yet all that is in jeopardy if global temperatures continue to increase as expected and cause sea levels to rise with them. at the opening of the united nations oceans conference, the head of the un issued a stark warning, urging the world to stop treating its waters like a rubbish dump. we are facing what i would call an ocean emergency. our oceans are issuing an sos. they are struggling, heating and acidifying.

corals are dying. coastal ecosystems such as mangroves, sea grasses and wetlands are being degraded. fisheries are being depleted and the ocean is choking in plastic waste. that message was echoed by thousands of guests who travelled to portugal along with environmental leaders like the us climate envoy, john kerry, as well as heads of state from 20 countries. they came from places like... san paolo. kenya. saudi arabia. california. i ghana. canada. amsterdam. the start of the blockbuster film aquaman, jason momoa, also made an appearance. as he was named the un environment programme's advocate for life below water. the time now is to act. our ocean is in trouble. if we combine ambition, dedication and hope

we can change these outcomes. the leaders plan to adopt a political declaration at the end of the conference. current pledges, says the un chief, are still not enough to turn the tide. gail mclennan, bbc news. manypets, a pet insurance company were calling for wimbledon to consider �*ball dogs' for next years tournament, instead of ball boys or girls. the company lauched a new trail in partnership with wimbledon tennis society, the wilton tennis club that saw budding �*ball dogs' put their skills to the test in preparation for future tennis championships. steven mendel, is the co—founder and chief executive of manypets. where did this idea come from? thank

ou for the where did this idea come from? thank you for the opportunity _ where did this idea come from? thank you for the opportunity to _ where did this idea come from? t�*ia'ia; you for the opportunity to talk about this. we are passionate about pets and dogs. we thought this was a great opportunity for the pets in the uk to do what they love to do most which is to chase after boars, and to bring that together with wimbledon which is a great british institution so the love of pets and their balls and wimbledon all brought together. we thought it was a great opportunity and we didn't want to miss it.— want to miss it. what about the ractice, want to miss it. what about the practice. if _ want to miss it. what about the practice, if that _ want to miss it. what about the practice, if that was _ want to miss it. what about the practice, if that was the - want to miss it. what about the | practice, if that was the theory? want to miss it. what about the - practice, if that was the theory? we should practice, if that was the theory? - should say it is a work in progress. at wilton tennis club, we did that trial and the results vary from spectacular on one end of the spectrum to something veering towards chaos on the other end! it is fair to say that we have some work in progress and we have a long way to go, but we are optimistic. you had you go, huxley, dennis and daveyin you had you go, huxley, dennis and davey in action. we have been showing viewers pictures of these gorgeous dogs. if they retrieve the

ball, do they want to give it back? and edit my dog doesn't. it is mixed. and edit my dog doesn't. it is mixed- we — and edit my dog doesn't. it is mixed. we have _ and edit my dog doesn't. it is mixed. we have a _ and edit my dog doesn't. it 3 mixed. we have a black lab called satchmo, who loves to bring the ball back, which comes with a bit of slobber at the same time it is something we need to work on, so something we need to work on, so some training is definitely required. d0 some training is definitely required-— some training is definitely required. some training is definitely reuuired. , ., ., , required. do they respond to treats or not? treats _ required. do they respond to treats or not? treats is _ required. do they respond to treats or not? treats is really _ required. do they respond to treats or not? treats is really important, l or not? treats is really important, havin: a or not? treats is really important, having a secret _ or not? treats is really important, having a secret stash _ or not? treats is really important, having a secret stash of— or not? treats is really important, having a secret stash of treats - or not? treats is really important, having a secret stash of treats on | having a secret stash of treats on the sideline was definitely the trick required to get the dogs to drop the ball if they were a bit more reluctant to do so than some others. . , , ., ., others. some hitches if you were to translate this _ others. some hitches if you were to translate this into _ others. some hitches if you were to translate this into using _ others. some hitches if you were to translate this into using them - others. some hitches if you were to translate this into using them at - translate this into using them at tennis matches and if you use them, they could possibly steal the show and distract everyone from the tennis players themselves. yes. and distract everyone from the tennis players themselves. yes, but the tennis players _ tennis players themselves. yes, but the tennis players also _ tennis players themselves. yes, but the tennis players also like - tennis players themselves. yes, but the tennis players also like them, i the tennis players also like them, in those nail—biting moments it provides a degree of calm, so it is not all bad. s, provides a degree of calm, so it is not all bad-— not all bad. a bit of both etching and et

not all bad. a bit of both etching and pet therapy. _ not all bad. a bit of both etching and pet therapy, it _ not all bad. a bit of both etching and pet therapy, it all— not all bad. a bit of both etching and pet therapy, it all sounds i not all bad. a bit of both etching . and pet therapy, it all sounds good. thank you very much for talking to us, stephen mendel, from manypets, who are trialling that idea. lovely to bring a lighter story today. are you ready for a new ear—worm? the bbc has chosen the official track for its commonwealth games coverage and it's rather catchy. "it's a brum ting", by the friendly fire band, is also on a new album of music which celebrates the city of birmingham. ben sidwell has the story. # it's a brum ting, it's a brum ting - # it's a brum ting, it's a brum ting #.j a musical love letter to birmingham. friendly fire band's it's a brum ting is one of 11 tracks that have been recorded by an eclectic mix of artists to celebrate the city they call home. it's a song you will be hearing an awful lot of during the commonwealth games, as it's the music the bbc have decided to use across all their coverage. you kind of hear different people talk about, you know, they win a gold medal, or win a world cup,

the feeling that they have, and it's kind of the same kind of feeling, you know, that you have something that a lot of people are going to hear, and hopefully like, you know, it's going to be played to millions of people all over the world. you couldn't ask for more. it really is an honour and a pleasure, and i feel humbled to be part of it. let's go on a musical touraround birmingham. on record, as the album is called, was the idea ofjez collins, the founder of the birmingham music archive, and has been created as part of the birmingham 2022 festival. so, it'sjazz, rock, hip—hop, rap, grime, whatever it might be, and the idea, really, i suppose, was just to say, actually, birmingham is a city of music, and it is a music city, and we wanted to record these songs, these artists, and capture them on record just to celebrate this brilliant city. and i think we've done that. this double grammy award winner is another artist on the album. born in nigeria, the jazz musician now calls birmingham home along

with his wife kate and named his son after the road where they live. it is an honour and privilege to be part of history. i am glad i have got my name into it among great musicians and artists. great historians. the album also introduces new artists. i am super happy and super excited. i am also happy to kind of be representing disabled artists. cos i live with an invisible illness and sometimes i do need a walking stick, sometimes i don't. and ijust felt happy to be able to express and represent disabled people in birmingham. a musical celebration of the city, this album really is a brum ting. # it's a brum ting.#

now, we've all been there. you're having a quiet pint in a pub on a sunday afternoon and someone sits to play on the piano. but imagine if that person turned out to be chris martin — on his way home from glastonbury. the lead singer of coldplay called in to the stag inn, in hinton charterhouse, somerset and ended up singing to a couple who were there planning their wedding. # going deep in my head... # going deep in my head... # you get by, and it gets dark... chris parkin, who runs the stag inn in hinton charterhouse, joins us now.

i believe that guy full of stars, that he was playing, was the song the couple chose for their wedding so what a for them. —— sky full of stars. it so what a for them. -- sky full of stars. ., , ., ., so what a for them. -- sky full of stars. .,, ., ., .,, so what a for them. -- sky full of stars. .,, ., ., , ., stars. it was one of those surreal five minutes _ stars. it was one of those surreal five minutes of— stars. it was one of those surreal five minutes of my _ stars. it was one of those surreal five minutes of my life. - stars. it was one of those surreal five minutes of my life. they - stars. it was one of those surreal. five minutes of my life. they came in the pub and went and sat outside and i said, leave them alone, they arejust and i said, leave them alone, they are just having and i said, leave them alone, they arejust having a and i said, leave them alone, they are just having a beer. let's respect their privacy type of thing. then they came in, and ijust said, would you mind saying hello to my son because he is a great fan, that type of stuff and he said, yeah, no problem and he said what is going on here? we are having a meeting about the wedding, and what we are going to do. , , ., ., ., the wedding, and what we are going todo. ,, ., ., ., g , to do. this is hannah and jeremy. and it was — to do. this is hannah and jeremy. and it was hannah _ to do. this is hannah and jeremy. and it was hannah who _ to do. this is hannah and jeremy. and it was hannah who said, - to do. this is hannah and jeremy. and it was hannah who said, for. to do. this is hannah and jeremy. l and it was hannah who said, for the first dance we were going to do sky

full of stars, and he said he won't need to sit down and play it and he said, yes, ok. whata need to sit down and play it and he said, yes, ok. what a lovely man. what an absolute gent. super guy. we just had a laugh with everybody, he sat down and played a bit and then said i've got to go now. and that is about what happened. it was just amazing, absolutely unbelievable. hannah and jeremy must have been stunned that this was happening. it was probably a bit surreal for them. very. we were trying to get food organised for the wedding, and what we're to do about glasses and things like that, quite important that the time planning for their big day, and it kind of broke the whole thing with this celebrityjust being there, but to then come in and just join us and say, yeah, you know, but so natural, so cool, so lovely. you

are trying — so natural, so cool, so lovely. you are trying to _ so natural, so cool, so lovely. you are trying to give _ so natural, so cool, so lovely. you are trying to give him _ so natural, so cool, so lovely. you are trying to give him his privacy, just to treat him like any other customer. so were you surprised that he engaged in this way and sat down and played the piano? he is he engaged in this way and sat down and played the piano?— and played the piano? he is such a nice au , and played the piano? he is such a nice guy. and _ and played the piano? he is such a nice guy. and the _ and played the piano? he is such a nice guy, and the fact _ and played the piano? he is such a nice guy, and the fact that - and played the piano? he is such a nice guy, and the fact that he - and played the piano? he is such a nice guy, and the fact that he did l nice guy, and the fact that he did it shows the kind of guy he is. very natural. he was so interested in their wedding plans and what was going on. just unbelievable. five minutes, and wow, that was very surreal and very lucky for them to have a memory that they are always going to have. have a memory that they are always going to have-— going to have. thank you for talking to us, going to have. thank you for talking to us. chris- — going to have. thank you for talking to us. chris- l— going to have. thank you for talking to us, chris. i hope _ going to have. thank you for talking to us, chris. i hope that _ going to have. thank you for talking to us, chris. i hope that the - going to have. thank you for talking to us, chris. i hope that the big - to us, chris. i hope that the big day goes well for hannah and jeremy and all of your staff will be looking after them on their wedding day. good to talk to chris parkin who runs the stag in in hinton charterhouse. the number of people who fought in the second world war gets smaller with each day.

one survivor is nils severin okland, a norwegian who helped liberate france. now the french government has finally said thank you. tim allman reports. a nursing home in western norway, a special occasion for a very special man. nils severin okland is 107 years old. he is a veteran of the second world war and he is now a knight of the french republic. au nom du president de la republique francaise, nous vous faisons chevalier dans l'ordre national de la legion d'honneur. the country's ambassador came to award him the honour earned during the darkest of days so many years ago. newsreel footage: mountainous seas are running as a convoy battles its way across the atlantic. legend has it winston churchill once said the only thing that really frightened him during the conflict was the peril of the u—boat. maintaining these shipping lanes was vital for the war effort. and playing his part was nils severin oklund,

who served at sea for the best part of four years. he also had a role in the liberation of southern france. in august 1944, he was part of the allied landings in provence. so what does he think of his new title? translation: very nice. i've experienced a lot in my life, and not everything's been by the book, i'll say no more. i'm saying thank you so much for all the attention you're giving an old stoker. an old stoker who's now a knight of the french legion of honour. tim allman, bbc news. the us congressional committee investigating the attack on the capitol building by supporters of donald trump onjanuary six has announced a hastily arranged hearing for late on tuesday. the committee says it will present recently obtained evidence and listen to witness testimony. the panel hadn't expected to hold further meetings or

hearings until nextjuly. you are watching bbc news. hello. it's a case of polar opposites today. in the east of the country we had a glorious start to the day and the sun is still shining. out towards the west, a totally different story — rain and wind and it was thoroughly wet earlier on in northern ireland. and some of the heavy rain now is spreading to parts of scotland and other western areas of the uk and this is the low pressure that's bringing this nasty weather. it'll be with us through the course of tuesday and into tomorrow as its weather front sweeps across the country, but only slowly sweeping towards the east. now, here's the good news — better weather is on the way, but we're going to have to wait for it until the weekend as a ridge of high pressure, this azores high, builds

the in from the south and settles things down. but not immediately, there still will be some showers around in the north. so let's have a look at the forecast then for today. here's the area of low pressure just to the west—northwest of ireland. here's that weather front — rain spreading across scotland, the north west of england, wales and into the south west. and on top of that, some very gusty winds around some coastal areas that could be exceeding 40 miles an hour, perhaps even 50 around exposed headlands. out towards the west it will be cooler and the pollen levels are also very high where we have the clear weather today, all of that sunshine. the sunny skies out towards the east, this also bodes well for wimbledon, just a very small risk of a shower, but i think on the whole, we should be fine for today. so through the course of tonight, this weather front does sweep across the country. the heaviest of the rain by the end of the night,

early hours of wednesday will probably be around the north and the northeast of england. and it's quite a mild night — temperatures first thing on wednesday, around 14 in london and around 12 or 13 in the north west of the uk. now tomorrow that weather front moves out into the north sea and actually fizzles away and then we're left with sunny spells and showers. a much better day tomorrow to come across many western areas, the winds will be lighter, there'll be more sunshine, it'll feel warmer. temperatures around 18 to 22 degrees. now, here's the outlook for the week ahead and into the weekend, you can see quite a mixed picture for some of us, the best of the weather always reserved for the south and the south east.

this is bbc news. i'm lukwesa burak and these are the latest headlines at 11. 46 people have been found dead in an abandoned lorry on the outskirts of the texan city of san antonio. we are dealing with a horrific human tragedy. so i would urge you all to think compassionately and pray for the deceased, the ailing, the families. borisjohnson and other g7 leaders say yesterday's russian missile strike on a shopping centre in ukraine was a war crime. at least 18 people died in the attack in the city of kremenchuk. scotland's first minister nicola sturgeon will set out her plans to hold a second referendum on scottish independence. a man has been arrested on suspicion of murdering 35—year—old

zara aleena in east london. police say she was the victim of an "opportunist stranger attack". and coming up in sport we'll be live at wimbledon, as 23—time grand slam champion serena williams prepares to go on centre court after a year off with injury. good morning. welcome to bbc news. at least 46 people have been found dead in an abandoned lorry on the outskirts of san antonio, texas. officials say a further 16 people — including four children — were taken to hospital suffering from heat stroke and exhaustion. san antonio is around 150 miles from the us—mexico border — and a major transit route for people traffickers. azadeh moshiri reports.

emergency responders crowd together after dozens of bodies were found in an abandoned lorry. more than a dozen survivors, including children, were rushed to hospital. a worker who works in the buildings up here behind me heard a cry for help, came out to investigate, found a trailer with the doors partially open, opened them up to take a look and found a number of deceased individuals inside. the lorry was found in san antonio, texas, around 250 kilometres from the us mexico border. the victims are believed to be migrants trying to make their way into the united states.

the patients that we saw were hot to the touch. they were suffering from heat stroke, heat exhaustion, no signs of water in the vehicle, it was a refrigerated tractor—trailer but there was no visible working ac unit on that rig. we're not supposed to open up a truck and see stacks of bodies in there. none of us come to work imagining that. the governor of texas, greg abbott, has blamed us president joe biden for the deaths, arguing they are a result of his deadly open border policies. state officials in texas have been dealing with record levels of migrant crossings from mexico, as they have prepared for a surge during a hot summer, with temperatures reaching 39.4 celsius on monday. as a federal investigation is launched, these deaths are a reminder of how perilous thatjourney is. azadeh moshiri, bbc news.

i'm joined now by brad blitz, professor of internatinal politics and policy at the ucl. he also codirects the project named life facing deportation. thank you forjoining us on bbc news. i would like to start with what our reporter there was describing as the transit route, the journey itself, could you expand on that a bit more, and talks through the mechanisms?— that a bit more, and talks through the mechanisms? yes, so this is one ofthe the mechanisms? yes, so this is one of the most — the mechanisms? yes, so this is one of the most frequently _ the mechanisms? yes, so this is one of the most frequently used - the mechanisms? yes, so this is one of the most frequently used routes i of the most frequently used routes between mexico and the united states. it is central to the delivery of produce, there was describing as the transit route, the journey itself, could you expand on that a bit more, and talks through the mechanisms? yes, so this is one of the most frequently used routes between mexico and the united states. it is central to the delivery of produce, over nine billion $worth travels into the united states every year and this is one of two route, the other being via el paso, so it is not surprising we might find migrants hiding in lorries trying to enter the us this

way, in the past, certainly over many years, you had individuals trying to cross and that i may have been assisted by smugglers, really, mum and pop type operations where people... and now what we are seeing is much more collective attempted entry. and in terms of policing that border, the republican governor said it is because of this open border policy, what is the policy there, how has it changed? that policy, what is the policy there, how has it changed?— how has it changed? that is nonsense. _ how has it changed? that is nonsense, these _ how has it changed? that is nonsense, these are - how has it changed? that is | nonsense, these are heavily how has it changed? that is - nonsense, these are heavily policed border, you have homeland security, board earns forment, all over the border, it is an for mouse border, it is about 2,000 miles long, the us—mexico border, and, what you find as a result of the controls, at individual places, there is now in effect very little option for individuals who are trying to make their way, other than to seek the

assistance of, well, organised group, and that is why we are seeing this, the rise in lorry, this isn't the first lorry this year i should say. nor in the last few year, which is why governor abbott's statement makes no sense whatsoever, there have been deaths over the last five year, i can calculate a number of deaths of people trying to enter the united states in lorries and trucks and trailers. united states in lorries and trucks and trailers-— united states in lorries and trucks and trailers. ~ , ., , , , and trailers. when you say they they are heavily policed, _ and trailers. when you say they they are heavily policed, for— and trailers. when you say they they are heavily policed, for the - and trailers. when you say they they are heavily policed, for the world - are heavily policed, for the world we got to to know more about the smuggle routes because of president trump and his wall. how are these borders policed, now? 50. trump and his wall. how are these borders policed, now?— trump and his wall. how are these borders policed, now? so, you have us homeland _ borders policed, now? so, you have us homeland security _ borders policed, now? so, you have us homeland security at _ borders policed, now? so, you have us homeland security at the - borders policed, now? so, you have| us homeland security at the border, you have border, well, in many respects it is not widely different to what one might expect here or in europe except for the presence, the

number of armed state officials, who are there to manage the border, and to police them and when an individual tries to enter illegally or unlawfully, they are almost always detained and this is in a senseis always detained and this is in a sense is not very different to what we have seen in the policy under trump. during the pandemic biden introduced legislation which prevented people from seeking asylum in the united states, we they could be removed and returned but there was no penalty for that, and as a result, they could return and attempt to enter again. and that is something which greg abbott has picked up on. 50 something which greg abbott has picked up on-_ picked up on. so are there any international— picked up on. so are there any international agreements - picked up on. so are there any international agreements with | picked up on. so are there any - international agreements with mexico to try and manage the borders and the people smuggling and repatriating people back home? there certainly bilateral— repatriating people back home? ii—ii” certainly bilateral agreement between the us and mexico, between the united states and guatemala as well. what you find is these are not

just mexicans coming from mexico, they are coming right the way up through central america, many of them may be guatemalan, honduran, from el salvador as. we and these are countries that are both politically unstable, and economically fragile. so, when we are seeing migrants cross the border, and this is really blamed at joe biden's, well, i shouldn't say more lax policies but more humane policies in as far as people are..., and allowed to, to return and reenter. the issue is that in throughout central america right now you have states of emergency going on, you have in guatemala what is described as state of siege, in el salvador there is a state of exception, these are all the result of intense organised crime and vie

eleven and as a result, there are tremendous push factors, people who maybe desperately poor are nonetheless seeking to escape from this climate of violence, that is why we are seeing continued flows but i must stress we have seen flows coming from central america and mexico over many, many year, so it is not true to say that this is the result of biden's policies is. so what you are describing there is somebody seeking asylum, from events in their home country, i wonder, i wonder what percentage of people crossing the borders if you have them would be economic migrants and what sort of figures are involved, in terms of what people are paying these smugglers.— in terms of what people are paying these smugglers. yes, look, these are what one _ these smugglers. yes, look, these are what one might _ these smugglers. yes, look, these are what one might describe - these smugglers. yes, look, these are what one might describe as - these smugglers. yes, look, these i are what one might describe as mixed flow, people who are fleeing organised violence, crile, that may make it economically non—viable for people to live in these conditions.

so, whereas it may be different from those fleeing afghanistan who are seeking asylum, in sup countries, including in mexico which has been extremely hospitable to asylum—seeker, you have people who are described as migrants because there is a tradition of people migrating from the south, to the north and trying to enter the united states, so they have, they have multiple identities but the fact is that they are nonetheless vulnerable people, who are often escaping violence, crime, and unstable environments. we will leave it there for now, thank you for your time. thank you. thank you. we will bet the latest from g7 summit. that is a familiar scene there with the member flag, we are waiting for the final communique which will be brought to us, live

here, and brought to you live on bbc news. the end of the summit, concluding in germany, to bring you one of the latest lines coming out of this, one of these agreement, lots of talk on ukraine, there was a lots of talk on ukraine, there was a lot more on the agenda but ukraine really dominating because of the knock on effect, so, the g7 leaders says we are strongly committed to supporting ukrainian reion through an international conference, more on what is said in in that final statement, as soon as we get it. we will be hearing, i think, initially from the german chancellor. ukrainian president volodymyr zelensky has described a russian missile strike on a shopping centre in central ukraine as "one of the most brazen terrorist acts in the history of europe". at least 18 people were killed, and more than 50 injured, when the building was

hit yesterday afternoon. rescue crews have spent the night searching for survivors. volodymyr zelensky in a call with the nato secretary general "stressed the importance of a powerful missile defense system for ukraine to prevent what he called russian terrorist attacks". our europe correspondent, nick beake, reports. this inferno is not a ukrainian military target. it's a ukrainian shopping centre. no weapons here, just families. these were the bewildering minutes after russia's latest devastating missile attack on the central city of kremenchuk. inside the building, panic. "is anyone alive? " a man calls out. there's a faint answer. "where are you? come here," the man says again. monday afternoon shoppers became paramedics, helping to load the injured into ambulances.

those nearby at the time of impact struggling to make sense of what had happened. i was not far away from the place where it happened, some 500 metres away. and people were running around, and after about 30 minutes, i decided to go and check out the place. the centre was just destroyed. i just am out of words. i did not expect something like this could happen in my town. as they began to clear the wreckage, the number of dead was rising. each piece of debris revealing a clearer picture of the damage done. well, for hours now, they have been bringing out these pieces of mangled metal from the shopping centre, leaving them here, and the work goes on. even though it's now pitch black and that is because there is an urgency. many people were in the shopping centre at the time of the attack and the fear is that many more

people have died. speaking at the shopping centre, ukraine's interior minister told us that this was an act of terrorism, perpetrated by putin and the russian federation. president zelensky claimed up to 1000 people could have been inside at the time, and had these words. translation: only completely messed up terrorists, _ for whom there is no place on earth, could strike such a place. it's not an accidental hit by missiles, it is a deliberate russian strike. this carnage is more than 80 miles away from russian occupied land, so it was most likely the work of a guided missile. why here? we don't know. but moscow is showing this city and the watching world its assault on ukraine and its people is not going to stop. nick beake, bbc news, ukraine.

the g7 has described it as a war crime. the g7 has described it as a war crime. let's speak to the barrister sir geoffrey nice qc, who has worked at the international criminal tribunal for the former yugoslavia. thank you forjoining us on bbc news. first off, your reaction to that missile attack on the shopping centre, what were your thoughts when you saw that?— you saw that? well, my thoughts aren't particularly _ you saw that? well, my thoughts aren't particularly interesting, . you saw that? well, my thoughts aren't particularly interesting, if. aren't particularly interesting, if they are emotional but as a matter of analysis and logic it was a very serious war crime, exactly as described by zelensky, there is no possible justification for it, and as far as i know, russia has not said anything, to suggest it could conceivably be justified. said anything, to suggest it could conceivably bejustified. it said anything, to suggest it could conceivably be justified. it is a war crime. conceivably be 'ustified. it is a war crime.— conceivably be 'ustified. it is a war crime. ~ . , ., ., . war crime. what is a war crime? there are _ war crime. what is a war crime? there are a _ war crime. what is a war crime? there are a range _ war crime. what is a war crime? there are a range of— war crime. what is a war crime? there are a range of war - war crime. what is a war crime? there are a range of war crimes| war crime. what is a war crime? i there are a range of war crimes but the one that breaches the gee a have a convention, also genocide, this is part of the crimes against humanity,

the widespread attack on a civilian population, what is important to bearin population, what is important to bear in mind, although this is a particularly bad example, it is only something of a pattern of activity that started right from the beginning with attacks on civilian areas, on blocks of flats and so on, non—of which can conceivably justified even if the war itself could bejustified. so, we shouldn't get as it were overexcited by the labelling of war crimes, they have been war crimes from the very beginning, and wejust find ourselves in an even more difficult position. the resolution of which now is for politicians and the military. now is for politicians and the milita . ~ ., now is for politicians and the milita . ~ . ., ., , military. we are hearing a... sorry, do continue- _ military. we are hearing a... sorry, do continue. so _ military. we are hearing a... sorry, do continue. so far _ military. we are hearing a... sorry, do continue. so far as _ military. we are hearing a... sorry, do continue. so far as war - military. we are hearing a... sorry, do continue. so far as war crimes . do continue. so far as war crimes are concerned. — do continue. so far as war crimes are concerned, there _ do continue. so far as war crimes are concerned, there are - do continue. so far as war crimes are concerned, there are i - do continue. so far as war crimes are concerned, there are i think i are concerned, there are i think two points to make, and, they are these, first the crimes are easy to provement don't be misled in thinking it is going to take lawyers a great deal of time. these crimes are easy to prove, clearly these are

leadership led activities, putin knows all about them, he is responsible. that has been the position from the beginning, the second point, for us to have in mind when thinking about the car crimes side of this problem is, that we need to have these crimes determined early, and the international community needs not to go soft on putin, it needs to say putin had to be handed over, why? not particularly punish him, he can hardly be adequately punished for what he has already done, no, he has to be handed over if we are ever to use international criminal law to deter others who may have the same sort of plans in mind as he has had. not necessarily in russia, possibly in the far east. sorry i interrupted you. in the far east. sorry i interrupted ou. ., y ., in the far east. sorry i interrupted ou. ., . �* in the far east. sorry i interrupted ou. ., , ., . �* , in the far east. sorry i interrupted ou. ., ., �*, you. no, you haven't been answering ruestion you. no, you haven't been answering question everybody _ you. no, you haven't been answering question everybody has _ you. no, you haven't been answering question everybody has on _ you. no, you haven't been answering question everybody has on their - question everybody has on their mind. in terms of being made accountable and physically handed over, how likely is that to happen? that is a matter for the international community, to decide.

it is true that in the past, people have got handed, been handed over to internationaljudicial process, to the surprise of many, milosevic was one, regime change in his country, he was handed over, there are other example, but those examples are set as the exception rather than the rule, the rule should be that the international community if it believes in the rule of law and internationaljustice, should make international justice, should make the internationaljustice, should make the handing over of the political leaders an absolutely corel o the handing over of the political leaders an absolutely corel 0 any resolution, it must be borne in mind that trying to leaders in setting a clear moral narrative, who is in the right? who is in the wrong, is vital for all sorts of reasons but particularly, for the people of ukraine itself, who after this is over, have to be able to move forward, aped to move forward with a clear narrative, which will be established by trying, and if the evidence is there, as it will be convicted putin. putin. in

evidence is there, as it will be convicted putin. putin. in terms of that reality. _ convicted putin. putin. in terms of that reality, often _ convicted putin. putin. in terms of that reality, often we _ convicted putin. putin. in terms of that reality, often we hear - convicted putin. putin. in terms of that reality, often we hear about l that reality, often we hear about these leaders, at various levels, at these leaders, at various levels, at the international criminal court, and the story disappears, and it takes years and years and years... to offer immunity or to reach compromise, because, ithink to offer immunity or to reach compromise, because, i think the public don't have much trust in people having their day in court, and facing justice. i people having their day in court, and facing justice.— and facing 'ustice. i think there are and facing justice. i think there are probably — and facing justice. i think there are probably two _ and facing justice. i think there are probably two bits _ and facing justice. i think there are probably two bits of- and facing justice. i think there are probably two bits of on - and facing justice. i think there are probably two bits of on a i and facing justice. i think there - are probably two bits of on a answer i could give to that. the trials are far too long and they should never be allowed to last as long as they do, it is partly do with the adversarial system ofjustice that is used, partly because judges haven't put themselves up to speed, they are too long and by virtue of being too long that gives the defendants years and years of

opportunity to advance counter narratives so that people often enough unborn at the time of the conflict, if you look the yugoslavian trials end up listening to a counter narrative in which there might be no truth. that is first problem, as to whether deals are struck, the answer is almost certainly yes, whether a trial lawyer such adds me knows of the political deals that have going none the background is another matter, because she or he can only do the best that is possible, to make for a clean trial, but yes, deals i think are often enough ordeals or arrangements are made and political considerations, enter into the decision making of some, at least of the officials in these court, the prosecutors and presiding judges of the courts and so on. for example, decisions as to who should be prosecuted and who should not be prosecuted. but to get to the truth of all that is again, rather beyond my personal experience, i sometimes felt or indeed had evidence that there was political activity going on of which i was unaware or income

politically way myjob was to get on with the evidence i had and deal with the evidence i had and deal with a particular defendant pace —— facing the court, was not comfortable with any suggestion that these trials wither clean of political interference. finally as ou political interference. finally as you mentioned _ political interference. finally as you mentioned evidence - political interference. finally as you mentioned evidence there, j political interference. finally as| you mentioned evidence there, i wonder how thick the dossier is against president putin, who is responsible for collecting the evidence?— responsible for collecting the evidence? ~ ., , , evidence? well, obviously the international— evidence? well, obviously the international criminal - evidence? well, obviously the international criminal court i evidence? well, obviously the i international criminal court which has jurisdiction international criminal court which hasjurisdiction and is international criminal court which has jurisdiction and is collecting evidence and preparing cases no doubt against putin among others but i think you would say in this case, this is happening on the territory of ukraine, ukraine has shown itself to have really moral leadership in many respects, including in the military, campaign that it has been fighting in this war, and it may well be that you would say, the primary responsibility for getting these matters tried is ukraine itself, to have them tried the

ukrainian and russian language and the only allow the international criminal court to come in, if it can effectively and at speed. so, i think responsibility for holding to account is in ukraine, ukraine's now, i think introduced method if it didn't have it before, of trying people in absentia, so, before putin's handed over as i trust and hope he will be at the hand of a determined international community, ukraine can get on with leaving a clear evidence based record of what has happened so far as the leader hip is concerned. trying everyone else, whether that is going to be worth it in the long run with thousands and,000s of individuals to be identified vaned the evidence against them assessed and tried is a political decision it is not anything like as important, as trying the leadership, trying the leadership after they world war ii at nuremberg is one of the things

that happened that enabled us, those of us born after world war ii, to move forward and not to look back. sorry to interrupt you but thank you very much for that. thank you. nicola sturgeon is preparing to set out her plans for a second referendum on scottish independence. the first minister will make a statement in the scottish parliament this afternoon, when she's expected to say a vote will take place in october next year, with or without the formal consent of westminster. the uk government says now is not the time for another referendum. joining me now is co—leader of the scottish green party and scottish government minister for tenant's rights, patrick harvie. good morning to you. thank you for joining us on bbc news. eight years later then, what has changed? eight years later then, what has chanced? ~ ., i. , changed? well, where do you begin? what has changed? _ changed? well, where do you begin? what has changed? the _ changed? well, where do you begin? what has changed? the last - what has changed? the last independence referendum scotland was

told very clearly that the way to protect our place in europe was to vote no, well, look at where we have come to, scotland voted overwhelmingly to stay in the european union and has been dragged out against our will. not only that a hard brexit which didn't listen to the constructive ideas that came from other parts of the uk, so, a huge amount has changed, but there is also a huge opportunity for scotland, to move on from the debate about process, and actually get into the arguments of substance, about the arguments of substance, about the fairer, greener and more equal scotland we can be —— be come if we take responsibility for all the pourers that are set at westminster but join the pourers that are set at westminster butjoin the international community, including the european union in our own right. 50. community, including the european union in our own right.— union in our own right. so, you stood next _ union in our own right. so, you stood next to _ union in our own right. so, you stood next to ms _ union in our own right. so, you stood next to ms sturgeon - union in our own right. so, you stood next to ms sturgeon last| union in our own right. so, you - stood next to ms sturgeon last year, as you understand it, does she have as you understand it, does she have a mandate?—

a mandate? oh, very clearly, scotland _ a mandate? oh, very clearly, scotland has _ a mandate? oh, very clearly, scotland has voted _ a mandate? oh, very clearly, | scotland has voted repeatedly a mandate? oh, very clearly, - scotland has voted repeatedly for clear pro independence majorities in both the scottish parliament and the scottish seats at westminster, and the two political parties which now form the scottish government, the snp and the scottish greens both stood on clean manifesto commitments there should be a referendum in the first part of this parliament. that is what we need to commit to. we need to deliver on that promise we made and give people in scotland the opportunity to make their own choice, do they want to be part of boris johnson's brexit choice, do they want to be part of borisjohnson's brexit britain or a an independent scotland rejoining the international community. um? an independent scotland rejoining the international community. why the need to ask again, _ the international community. why the need to ask again, because _ the international community. why the need to ask again, because that - the international community. why the need to ask again, because that was l need to ask again, because that was meant to be, in 2014, that was a once in a lifetime referendum, wasn't it? why ask again, when the scottish people gave their answer, eight years ago, and why do you think now the uk government will say have another go, what makes you think they will agree, how will you change their minds?—

change their minds? well, i certainly — change their minds? well, i certainly never _ change their minds? well, i certainly never used - change their minds? well, i certainly never used the - change their minds? well, i - certainly never used the phrase once in a lifetime, i think there, there are clearly very few opportunities that come along for people to make such an important decision but the smith commission, the commission the uk government set up with the scottish government, after the result of that referendum, very clearly concluded and all political parties agreed with this, nothing was to prevent the people of scotland to make the choice to become independent in the future. how come scotland is allowed to make this choice if consistent repeated pro independence majorities in both parliaments isn't enough, then what on earth does constitute a mandate? of on earth does constitute a mandate? of course, there is a mandate. i want to move this debate on, to talk about the kind of choices that we could make in scotland, just to give you one example, the uk government recently finally buckled to pressure and implemented a windfall tax on the energy companies raking it in during the coast of living crisis,

they built—in to that a tax break for more fossilfuel they built—in to that a tax break for more fossil fuel extraction and that advance teenage isn't available to renewable energy here in scotland. they won't change the way that the grid connections work to invent advise the renewables that not only scotland has but the whole of the uk and europe needs. scotland's renewable energy is a strategic asset for not just these islands but europe as well. we want the ability to harness that asset and put it to work, for the transition to a cleaner, greener future. ., . , transition to a cleaner, greener future. ., ., , ., future. unfortunately we have run out of time. _ future. unfortunately we have run out of time, but _ future. unfortunately we have run out of time, but i _ future. unfortunately we have run out of time, but i am _ future. unfortunately we have run out of time, but i am sure - future. unfortunately we have run l out of time, but i am sure everyone is going to be watching later, thank you for your time. a 29—year—old man is being held on suspicion of murdering a woman in east london. zara aleena, who was 35, was attacked while she walked through ilford in the early hours of sunday morning. the met police believe she was the victim of what it called an "opportunist stranger attack".

she was just a kind soul, the sweetest girl. she could never harm a fly. i mean, always polite, always bubbly. the sweetest girl you could ever meet, really. so much going for her. our correspondentjon donnison is in ilford at the scene now. what is the latestjon? what is the latest jon? well, police sa that what is the latest jon? well, police say that zara _ what is the latest jon? well, police say that zara was _ what is the latest jon? well, police say that zara was attacked - what is the latest jon? well, police say that zara was attacked in - what is the latest jon? well, police say that zara was attacked in the i say that zara was attacked in the early hours of sunday morning and she was found with serious head injuries on the pave. behind me where you can see people have been paying tribute and laying flowers. as you say, they believe she was attacked by a strairng, and they don't believe that a weapon was involved, a 29—year—old man from ilford has been arrested on suspicion of murder. —— stranger. i was speaking to a young woman jasmine laying flower, she said she

had known zrar for many year,s she described her as a sweet and innocent woman, someone who was a lifeline to her mother and grandmother, for whom she provided medical care and someone with a bright future, someone who had recently graduated in law after many years of study and had just started a job in central london. so obviously, people round here, friend, family, in a state of shock, now this is a pretty busy road as you can see and police are an peeling for anyone who might have information to come forward, in particular people who might have been driving down this road between 2 and 3.00 on sunday morning, who might have dash cam footage. jon donnison, thank you for that update. let us take you straight to the closing of the g7 and olaf scholz.

he speaks in german. translation: putin is continuing his brutal aggression, _ translation: putin is continuing his brutal aggression, against _ translation: putin is continuing his brutal aggression, against the - brutal aggression, against the population. g7, as you know, stand close together, and support ukraine, we sur port the country, we support its defence, and we offer them a perspective for the future. we discussed a number of different points with regard to the attack that began on the 24th of april and what it means. i called this a

watershed moment. nothing is as it was before. we are clear about one thing. there can be no way back and it will not be the same as before this one. we are also aware of one more thing. we have a period of uncertainty before us. it will be challenging and that is why decisiveness is very, very important. and it is even more important. and it is even more important because we have close friends and allies in this world. the seven countries that came together are such good friends and allies. i made that very clear and i felt that very clearly in our meetings here, in our discussions, and our conversations, bilateral discussions and also with our encounters that we had again and again. it was a very good meeting for g7 and the countries that cooperate here. we made use of the time. the g7 partners as well as the partner countries that were invited,

cynical, india, south africa and argentina. they, in my opinion, showed us once again that we can see consensus in working together in our world for the future. that was also very important. we were notjust amongst ourselves as the g7. these other international organisations came together as well. they were here as our partners in discussion so we can talk about what democracies can achieve together. and that is also very important. on a par with today's final communique with the heads of government and state government with which we have then agreed on here. we are showing once again the strength of democratic alliances. we have three messages we would like to give you. first of all, g7 stands together in their support for ukraine. we agree

that president putin must not win this war. and we will continue to support and we will drive the cost high, economically and politically, for president putin. and that is why it is important to stand together evenif it is important to stand together even if it is a long course we will have to stand. we will also counter the russian narrative, saying that it is a conflict where only the west, the global west, it is not only the global west that condemns this aggression and the rest of the world isjust this aggression and the rest of the world is just watching, this aggression and the rest of the world isjust watching, no, that is not the case. we have seen this in our discussions. for peace, worldwide, we have to consider the inalienable borders and also this is something that is important that countries can determine their own fate and not be attacked by their

neighbours. as g7, we also came up with a number of discussions, in other words, to organise financial aid, budgetary aid, 29 billion us dollars together, all of this has been mobilised and we will continue to provide humanitarian support. this is also occurred in 2022 and will add up to $2.8 billion. and of course, this includes giving ukraine military support and we will provide weapons. many other countries are doing so as well. we have also talked about the long term reconstruction. we also will have additional money that will be mobilised for this purpose but we need to come together and we have to talk about g7 but also other

european union members to talk about discussing reconstruction. we need a marshall plan for ukraine. this needs to be planned well and developed. that is one of our goals. the second message is that we are fighting famine worldwide and this is an even greater challenge as a result of the russian attack on ukraine. this is russia's why that is making a lot of people worry that they will no longer be able to feed themselves and their families. right now, we see 345 million people and we know that they don't have enough to eat. that is four times as many people that live in germany. the climate crisis, the pandemic and the water from climate crisis, the pandemic and the waterfrom russia, they have made these problems even worse. this is an existential threat in many countries in africa, in particular.

that is why we want to take action and that is why we have come up with and that is why we have come up with a global alliance for food security. we have 4.5 billion us dollars committed in germany is involved in the significantly as well. here we are talking about very specific steps and this also includes working together with the secretary general of the united nations so that grain and fertiliser is being stored in ukraine should also be made available to the rest of the world. of course, this war has also shown how dependent we are on energy from russia in particular. energy imports. that is why we have to reduce this dependency and that is why this is something we discussed and decided together, we will also expand renewable energies and work even more intensively on this. and thatis even more intensively on this. and that is why the decisions that we took show that when it comes to

finding financing sources of energy this is something that has come to an end but in this very specific situation we are now when we will be helping many countries if they need to make investments for being ready, they will make use of this opportunity as long as this is in line with the 1.5 celsius target from the paris agreement. increases in energy are a danger to safety, security and many countries. we know that and that is something that we talked about when we talked about the economic situation worldwide. we also see the major threat of inflation. this is something that we can see in many countries. and that is why many people are very much concerned. and that is why it is good that we found time to discuss these questions as well. this

applies to others but also for the situation in emerging and developing countries, they are being challenged even more by the situation. they have fewer possibilities to deal with such major challenges. price increases, inflation can lead to economic instability or can underpin stability and that is why it is important that we act together. the third message from a g7 summit is that we will not forget about our long term tasks. we want to have progress for a just world. we want to do justice to our global responsibility. this applies to climate protection. we talked about the question of a claimant club which i propose quite some time ago. that is why we agreed and am very happy to say that we'll be setting up happy to say that we'll be setting up such a claimant club by the end of the year. we laid the cornerstone here and the next steps have already

been agreed on because we agree. we need more in order to achieve climate targets. the climate club will make a contribution to these commitments and we also want to see to it that if we consider national strategies when these are developed and we want to have co two neutral industries and we also want to implement all of this we don't want to be working against one another, we don't want to set ourselves apart from one another. we want to cooperate and that is why this will be possible in an open climate club. that is why our competitiveness will be maintained and climate protection can not a drawback. this also applies to the energy transition because the emerging and developing countries need to be involved and thatis countries need to be involved and that is why we also wants to set the cornerstone so that these countries can indeed be involved. we have energy transformation with south

africa and this is also something we have made 700 million in contributions under k fw loan of 200 million euros. contributions under k fw loan of 200 million euros-— million euros. that is generally's chancellor _ million euros. that is generally's chancellor olaf _ million euros. that is generally's chancellor olaf schulz - million euros. that is generally's chancellor olaf schulz and - million euros. that is generally's chancellor olaf schulz and he i million euros. that is generally's chancellor olaf schulz and he is going to the final communique following the three—day g7 summit that has been taking place. he has been going through there. the first of which was ensuring that president putin must not win the war. that is what he said. they need to make sure the cost is too high politically and economically for putin and there is agreement amongst the g7 that they will continue to support and we will stand together even if it is for a long period of time. he said. also mention some of the figures that

have been mobilised or will be mobilised to ensure that ukraine is able to fight russian aggression and also, importantly, to rebuild a marshall plan is what he described. it needs to be planned and developed. no further details on that point so it is something they are discussing. the second message you wanted to communicate was something he described as an even greater challenge and the reason for that was it is global impact and that was it is global impact and thatis that was it is global impact and that is fighting and drawing it directly back to the war in ukraine by russia. $4.5 billion, he said, is being set aside and mobilised to try and fight that challenge, taking action, talking about a global alliance forfood, action, talking about a global alliance for food, security, action, talking about a global alliance forfood, security, which

will be a setup to ensure that grain and fertiliser, that is currently stored in ukraine, is made available to the rest of the world, he highlighted the fact that it has exposed the world's dependency on energy sources and the need to expand quickly into renewable sources and also said that the g7 will help other countries do that on their own to achieve renewable energy sources within the country. inflation also mentioned and finally, diverse talks going back to their long—term aims and that is climate. a quick summary of what is being discussed in germany, in bavaria, from olaf schulz as you can see on the screen there. let us return, though, to one of top stories today and that is a 29—year—old man is being held on suspicion of murdering a 35—year—old in east london. to discuss this further i am joined by the mp for ilford south where the attack happened. thank you forjoining us this morning. first off, your thoughts on this awful, awful

incident. you'll make my heart goes out to her family. incident. you'll make my heart goes out to herfamily. she is in a couple of younger than me and i often walk around that vote after socialising and ilford myself. people overly shocked across the community. it is normally a safe place to live like any part of london. we have issues around low—level crime and for something of this horrific nature to happiness really sent shock waves through the community. i reaching out to her family to offer all of the support that myself, my team, the local authority can give to her and i would also like to see a big thank you to the police have actually incredibly hard notjust putting extra police on the ground but also detective work that led to that arrest and that is given some assurance to our local residents. you said you're reaching out to her family, have you spoken to them? and

family, have you spoken to them? and waitin: for family, have you spoken to them? fific waiting for them to family, have you spoken to them? a"ic waiting for them to say to me it is appropriate for me to speak to them and i'm hoping that will happen if the next few days of course but they know that we are here to help and that we are pushing as hard as possible to make sure something like this never happens again so i think for me it is an opportune moment to be really clear that violence against women and girls has been an epidemic across the whole country and it is going to mean that the government need to step up and actually follow through and more of the demands that were making about tackling this type of crime. sf, the demands that were making about tackling this type of crime.— tackling this type of crime. as you said that, violence _ tackling this type of crime. as you said that, violence against - tackling this type of crime. as you j said that, violence against women very much at the forefront of many peoples minds. what is your message to your constituency rightly so are going to be, as you said, fearful?

am going to be absolutely demanding that the resources go notjust into ilford and our local community for the police, over the next few days, hugely enhanced policing. we have been lobbying incredibly hard to get additional police into a local town centre. that has made a difference. but it has been quite clear that particularly low—level crime, drug abuse, the sorts of things make people feel uncomfortable on a day—to—day basis, we need more police on the streets and remedial measures to tackle those measures at heart but i think on the issue of violence against women and girls need the government to take things like misogyny more seriously, labour in the past is that to become part of a hate crime. it is only after labour demanded that violence against women and girls was given more police priority that the government listened and actually have done that but more needs to be done on that particularly about convictions relating to... i done on that particularly about convictions relating to. . .- convictions relating to... i 'ust want to jump in i convictions relating to... i 'ust want to jump in really i convictions relating to... ijust want to jump in really quickly | want to jump in really quickly because we're running out of time. going back to the fact that you said you have lobbied for for additional police and you have had some in some areas, please correct me if i'm wrong, but if you are asking for and what has been your issue? how short has ilford been? element we have

had, for a long period of time, not enough police for thejob... can had, for a long period of time, not enough police for the job... can you give me a figure? brute enough police for the 'ob. .. can you give me a figure?— give me a figure? we have now increased _ give me a figure? we have now increased by — give me a figure? we have now increased by more _ give me a figure? we have now increased by more than - give me a figure? we have now increased by more than 25 - give me a figure? we have now increased by more than 25 the l give me a figure? we have now- increased by more than 25 the amount of police and enforcement officers paid for by the council, not police officers. there are more police on the ground but this is a london wide problem. a need to see more money going into the police but more importantly, the issue of violence against women and girls having serious government policy, priority, for example, on convictions, there are too many rape victims are just give up because they have no hope of getting justice. women are abused. domestic violence as well as issues about being harassed on the streets need to have tougher sentences and do need to have more focus. [30 need to have tougher sentences and do need to have more focus. do have ra -e do need to have more focus. do have rape crime — do need to have more focus. do have rape crime trained _ do need to have more focus. do have rape crime trained staff— do need to have more focus. do have rape crime trained staff and - do need to have more focus. do have rape crime trained staff and ilford - rape crime trained staff and ilford to deal with women who had been attacked? to have those specific teams in place? element we do have teams in place? element we do have teams in place? element we do have teams in ilford, yes, of course. but

like many parts of the public sector, the underfunding for many years as mentor lots of support has to come from the voluntary and charity sector and i would like to see that are addressed and more funding going to a local authority is to be able to provide more enhanced services than we can currently offer. thank you very much for your time. thank you. more now on that story in the united states, where at least 46 people have been found dead in an abandoned lorry on the outskirts of san antonio, texas. officials say a further 16 people — including four children — let's speak now to steve valdez—symonds, who is refugee and migrant rights programme director at amnesty international uk. i wonder if you could just go through what your role is and your reaction to this terrible story? well, amnesty has long been

concerned about the treatment of particularly refugees and people seeking asylum, people separated from families, at this particular border but also borders across the world. i work at the uk section on these particular issues. as regards this tragedy, i'm sure with many people, it is absolutely heartbreaking to once again see so many lives last simply because policies have become so aggressively hostile to people even being able to make the asylum claims that they need to make.— need to make. what is a hostile oli ? need to make. what is a hostile policy? what — need to make. what is a hostile policy? what are _ need to make. what is a hostile policy? what are you _ need to make. what is a hostile policy? what are you describing j policy? what are you describing that? ~ . ., policy? what are you describing that? . .., ,, policy? what are you describing that? ~ .., ,, ., policy? what are you describing that? ~ ,, ., ., , that? welcome in the us for example, for some years — that? welcome in the us for example, for some years now— that? welcome in the us for example, for some years now we _ that? welcome in the us for example, for some years now we have _ that? welcome in the us for example, for some years now we have had - for some years now we have had summary expulsions across the board of people even before they can make their claims or have their claims considered. of course, if that is what is to happen, people have no choice but to avoid the authorities, rely on smugglers to make extremely dangerous journeys in their search

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gangs are thriving by providing dangerous journeys such as these ones because there is no alternative for the people who have to cross the border. are for the people who have to cross the border. �* , ., for the people who have to cross the border. �* ,, for the people who have to cross the border. �* , ., ., , border. are you saying that there is no as lum border. are you saying that there is no asylum process _ border. are you saying that there is no asylum process in _ border. are you saying that there is no asylum process in place - border. are you saying that there is no asylum process in place at - border. are you saying that there is no asylum process in place at the i no asylum process in place at the moment that allow somebody to reach america and then apply for asylum whilst they are on american soil? that is not in place anywhere? you make the great majority of people, just as in country, for that matter, claiming asylum requires you to make it into the country where you seek asylum, now, there are no, generally, safe routes for the vast majority of people who need to make those journeys, majority of people who need to make thosejourneys, even people who have family in the us, just as the same applies in the uk. and worse, for the last few years, the us has been expelling people en masse simply you have arrive to wish to make claims without considering the claim that they needn't have made. thank you

very much for your time. thank you. the office for national statistics has published the first series of 2021 census results. the research covers the people — and households — in england and wales. the total population has reached 59 million people — the highest number ever recorded. joining me now to have a look at these latest numbers is our home editor — mark easton. i'm very excited about these figures. i have worked with senses material in the past. what are you saying? you may come distant to break that down, the number you mention. that is england and wales to get a place that the two

separates. england, the big number everyone i talk about today is 56,489,800. just shy of 56 and a half million. that is actually quite interesting because the ons, as you will know, sort of estimates what they think has happened to the population since the last census each year and that is a really important number for planning and so actually, they estimate that the population of england would be 57 million so it somehow does have a million fewer. in wales the figure was 3,107,000, 3.1. and actually, they'd estimated it was 3.2 so we've lost 100,000 in wales. what does that mean for the uk? we do know northern ireland, they have had their senses a few weeks ago and the number there is 1.9 million. scotland, the results are next year for they delayed the senses by year but the latest estimate there is 5.47 million so if the scotland

figure is basically right a uk population of 66,966,490. 67 million pretty much. which is, as you say, the highest ever. and people will be poring over every minute detail on this because the implications are so, so important for local authorities up and down the country. i can tell you some more details if you like. it gives a very great picture of what is going on in the country and also what is going on behind closed doors, essentially. it is a wonderful thing and it really does bring certainty to what we think is going on. we can see were the biggest increases in population have been over the last ten years senses the biggest is tower hamlets in central london. population has grown by 22.1%. that is overly very significant increase and of the next five places with big increases, bedford, cambridge and peterborough and one other. i can't remember

which one it is now. they're all in the east region which saw 8.3% overall. that was the biggest rise of any region in terms of population but some local authorities and loss population and this is interesting. kensington and chelsea have lost 10% of the population in the last ten years. it might be that you can't afford to live there. i think a lot of russians have left in recent times, i don't know. westminster is a 7% said those were the quite expensive, inner london boroughs have been losing population. outside london, sunderland, gateshead, south tyneside have seen the population shrink in the last ten years. the north—east has hardly increased at all. terms of population density, yes, population density is up. so it was 407 people per square kilometre and it is now 434. wales is pretty much flat. hundred 4810 years ago

and hundred 50 now but people will be concerned about the level of density, that is quite high and parts of the country it is obviously much, much higherthan parts of the country it is obviously much, much higher than that, places like tower hamlets, the densest base in the country. the last thing to mention these results is the age profile of britain. it won't surprise you to know that this country is getting older. one person in six in england is 110w now over 65. that is 11.1 million people up from 9.2 million ten years ago. 1.9 million extra over 65 is. obviously lots of political questions about how one deals with that big demographic change but the senses in that respectjust confirming what we can all see with our own eyes.

confirming what we can all see with our own eyes-— confirming what we can all see with our own eyes. thank you very much indeed. our own eyes. thank you very much indeed- so — our own eyes. thank you very much indeed. so many— our own eyes. thank you very much indeed. so many coming _ our own eyes. thank you very much indeed. so many coming out - our own eyes. thank you very much indeed. so many coming out of- our own eyes. thank you very much i indeed. so many coming out of those figures but for now, thank you. so many coming out of those figures but for now, thank you. let's speak to becky tinsley — who's from office for national statistics. (os marcus is taking us through some of the main top headlines. i wonder figurejust go back the main top headlines. i wonder figure just go back to how we got here. just how much data we are dealing with and getting these results to us? what was involved? so results to us? what was involved? ’sr we results to us? what was involved? 5r we had fantastic response from the public. and we have been dealing with a response rate of 97% which is phenomenal so thank you to anyone who filled out their senses for him and bringing in all of that data and taking the time to process it, thinking about everyone filling out the same form at the same time last year, bringing that data in and overall, once we publish all of the census we will be publishing over 5 billion statistics which is so important for so many different uses. �* important for so many different uses. ~ ., important for so many different uses. n. ., ., ., important for so many different uses. ., ., ., . uses. apart from population increase in densi , uses. apart from population increase in density. what _ uses. apart from population increase

in density, what was _ uses. apart from population increase in density, what was the _ uses. apart from population increase in density, what was the biggest - in density, what was the biggest difference between 2011 and what we are seeing and were going to be talking about today? where should we start looking. i'mjust talking about today? where should we start looking. i'm just trying to break down why this is happening and why it is happening there. a lot of this is geographical as well, isn't it? ~ , this is geographical as well, isn't it? ~ y , it? absolutely right. so there is treat it? absolutely right. so there is great variety — it? absolutely right. so there is great variety all _ it? absolutely right. so there is great variety all across - it? absolutely right. so there is great variety all across england | it? absolutely right. so there is - great variety all across england and wales. unreal pockets of different so going back to that ageing population, there are some parts of the country, so, for example, in north norfolk, where one in three people are pensioners so that is quite a difference from that one in six figure that we heard about earlier. and change is always due to people moving in and out of the country, moving in and out of the local areas and obviously babies being born in people dying and that is roughly about half that changes

due to migration half of that changes due to births and deaths. are you able to estimate trends? because going back to 2011 and what we saw today, as of anything that you are surprised out and looking forward to the next senses, what would you expect to see? 50 forward to the next senses, what would you expect to see? so what we've released _ would you expect to see? so what we've released today _ would you expect to see? so what we've released today is _ would you expect to see? so what we've released today is down - would you expect to see? so what we've released today is down to l we've released today is down to local authority level. from alton this year we will release more information such think about some of those with interesting topics like ethnicity, it is the first time we've asked questions about gender identity and sexual orientation and all of that information will start coming out in the autumn and over the next year and that a great opportunity to really understand what is happening in society and that will allow us to look in more detail at that change. i’m that will allow us to look in more detail at that change.— that will allow us to look in more detail at that change. i'm so sorry to interrupt- _ detail at that change. i'm so sorry to interrupt. we _ detail at that change. i'm so sorry to interrupt. we have _ detail at that change. i'm so sorry to interrupt. we have a _ detail at that change. i'm so sorry to interrupt. we have a lot - detail at that change. i'm so sorry to interrupt. we have a lot of- detail at that change. i'm so sorry. to interrupt. we have a lot of time. thank you so much. thank you. what a lot of money as well, that data. it is whether time now.

for many it was a beautiful start to the day and the sun is still shining back to the west it has not been, it has been wet and windy and that is how it will stay through the course of the afternoon. early on it was thoroughly wet in northern ireland. this is what it looks like by 4pm, rain and wind towards the west, further east, sunshine in london and norwich, which bodes well for wimbledon today. through the course of the night that band of rain and wind across the country, tending to fizzle out towards the early hours of wednesday. the heaviest rain falling around the north—east of england and yorkshire. elsewhere, the weather should tend to dry out. wednesday is going to be much better across the west. in fact, sunshine right from the word go, and a scattering of showers, and the winds will be light as well. as a result it will feel a little warmer, but those temperatures typically between 17 and as high as 24 in norwich.

this is bbc news. i'm lukwesa burak and these are the latest headlines. g7 leaders have vowed to make russia pay for its invasion of ukraine and say they stand united in continuing their support for the country, at all costs. translation: g7 stands together in their support — translation: g7 stands together in their support for _ translation: g7 stands together in their support for ukraine. _ translation: g7 stands together in their support for ukraine. we - translation: g7 stands together in their support for ukraine. we agree i their support for ukraine. we agree that president putin must not win this war it comes after the international leaders described yesterday's russian missile strike on a shopping centre in ukraine as a war crime. at least 18 people died in the attack in the city of kremenchuk. 46 people have been found dead in an abandoned lorry on the outskirts of the texan city of san antonio. we are dealing with a horrific human tragedy. so i would urge you all

to think compassionately and pray for the deceased, the ailing, the families. scotland's first minister nicola sturgeon will set out her plans to hold a second referendum on scottish independence. a man has been arrested on suspicion of murdering 35—year—old zara aleena in east london. police say she was the victim of an "opportunist stranger attack". the population of england and wales has increased by 6.3% to 59.6 million in the last decade, census data has shown. and coming up in sport, we'll be live at wimbledon as 23—time grand slam champion serena williams prepares to go on centre court after a year off with injury.

in the past hour, the host of the g7 summit — germany's chancellor olaf scholz — has wrapped up the meeting, with a pledge that the world's richest countries are united in their support for ukraine. speaking at the closing press conference in bavaria, he condemned russia's actions — and said a marshall plan was needed to rebuild ukraine, once the war is ended. translation: first of all, g7 stands to . ether in translation: first of all, g7 stands together in their _ translation: first of all, g7 stands together in their support _ translation: first of all, g7 stands together in their support for - together in their support for ukraine. we agree that president putin must not win this war, and we will continue to support and we will drive the costs high, economically and politically for president putin. and that is why it is important to

stand together, even it's a long course, we will have to stand. we will also counter the russian narrative, saying that it is a conflict where only the west, the global west, conflict where only the west, the globalwest, it conflict where only the west, the global west, it is not only the global west, it is not only the global west, it is not only the global west that condemns this aggression and the rest of the world is just watching, no, aggression and the rest of the world isjust watching, no, that aggression and the rest of the world is just watching, no, that is aggression and the rest of the world isjust watching, no, that is not the case. we have seen this in our discussions, for peace worldwide, we have to consider the inailable borders and also this is something thatis borders and also this is something that is important, that countries can determine their own fate and not to be attacked by their neighbours. as g7, we also came up with a number of discussion, in other words to organise financial aid, of discussion, in other words to organise financialaid, budgetary organise financial aid, budgetary aid, organise financialaid, budgetary aid, $29 billion, all of this has been mobilised. and we will continue

to provide humanitarian support. this is also, this is also occurred in 2022 and will add up to $2.8 billion. this of course includes giving ukraine military support, and we will provide weapons. many other countries are doing so as well. we have also talked about the long—term reconstruction, we also will have additional money that will be mobilised for this purpose but we need to come together, and we have to talk about g7, but also, other european union members, to talk about discussing reconstruction. we need a marshall plan for ukraine, this needs to be planned well and developed well. that is one of our goals. that was germany's olaf scholz.

ukrainian president volodymyr zelensky has described a russian missile strike on a shopping centre in central ukraine as "one of the most brazen terrorist acts in the history of europe". at least 18 people were killed, and more than 50 injured, when the building was hit yesterday afternoon. our correspondent in kyiv, joe inwood, gave us this update on the search efforts at the shopping centre in kremenchuk. it is not going to be a happy outcome. the pictures you saw in the report there, the inferno that resulted from this missile strike, it is very very unlikely anyone would still be alive, this is a decoventry rather than a rescue mission at this point. there are people that made it out. people that were rescued bypassers by, as nick said shoppers that became paramedic, they have been

taken to loke hospitals, they talk of a scene of devastation, confusion, they were thrown round and there are serious injuries that have happened as a consequence of this. in a speech earlier today at the royal united services institute, general sir patrick sanders, the chief of the general staff, said he had never seen such a clear threat to peace and democracy as the "brutal aggression" of russian president vladimir putin. he said the british army was "mobilising not to provoke war but to prevent war". .. as we verbalise i echo the words of general montgomery to his team in the dust of the north african desert in 1942... we must have confidence in one another. as the new cgs i have confidence in each and every one of you and i'm proud to stand among you. and my final message to you is this, this is the moment to defend the democratic values that define us. this is the moment to help our

brave ukrainian allies in their gallant struggle. this is the moment we stand with our friends and partners to maintain peace throughout the rest of europe. this is our moment. seize it. let's speak now to our russia editor steve rosenberg. rescue mission at this point. there are people that made it out. people that were rescued by passers by, as nick said shoppers that became paramedic, they have been taken to loke hospitals, they talk of a scene of devastation, confusion, they were thrown round and there are serious injuries that have happened as a consequence of this. steve, what has been the reaction from russia, on the attack on that shopping centre in kremenchuk? how has it been told in russia there? well, once again, yet again, we see russia trying to deny that it has been viking civilian targets and shift the blame for what has happened, away from russia, and on to ukraine, and on to the west. with a story that quite frankly will be derided outside of russia, but it will be pushed and promote ode heavy

here in the staid media. what is that story? we heard from the russian defence ministry earlier today and according to the official version of event, the russian version, the russian air force carried out a precision strike on hangars on warehouses contank allegedly weaponry and ammunition supplied by the west to ukraine, in kremenchuk. according to russians there was a fire which, then spread to a shopping centre, nearby, the russian defence ministry said and that shopping centre was not in use, the russians claim. now that version of events will not convince anyone in the g7 or in the united nations, the un condemned what happened but it will be remoted inside republican because the authorities want the russian people to continue to believe what russia is doing with this so—called special military operation, in ukraine, as the kremlin calls it is the right thing

to do, that the one phrase you hear constantly on russian state television is this is a just cause, and the authorities want russians to believe that. i}!(. and the authorities want russians to believe that-— believe that. ok. we will leave it there for now, _ believe that. ok. we will leave it there for now, thank _ believe that. ok. we will leave it there for now, thank you - believe that. ok. we will leave it there for now, thank you very i believe that. ok. we will leave it i there for now, thank you very much indeed. nato members are gathering for a summit in madrid, a day after the military alliance announced it would boost its high—readiness force from 40,000 to 300,000 troops. its secretary generaljens stoltenberg called the move "the biggest overhaul of our collective defence and deterrence since the cold war". our correspondent mark lowen is in madrid. that is a significant figures and the message there, you think, mark, what do you think the message will be sending to mr putin? it is what do you think the message will be sending to mr putin?— be sending to mr putin? it is a very sirnificant be sending to mr putin? it is a very significant boost, _ be sending to mr putin? it is a very significant boost, more _ be sending to mr putin? it is a very significant boost, more than - be sending to mr putin? it is a very significant boost, more than seven| significant boost, more than seven times the current size of nato's

quick reaction force and the secretary—general of nato has spoken, he has talked about how this will be a pivotal summit and a historical summit. redefining nato's strategic concept that. the guidelines and strategic direction that nato sets itself for the next ten year, bearing in mind the last concept which needs to be updated at this meeting talked about how the risk o after conventional war in europe was low, and it talked about russia as been a strategic partner. just, think about how the world has changed since that was laid out in 2010, and so that is the challenge facing these nato member, the nato leaders meeting here in madrid. they get under way this afternoon to try to set forward that future strategic direction, the message they will be giving in terms of boosting this rapid reaction force, peninsula already the vulnerable countries in, on nato's eastern flank, that are feeling very vulnerable from russian

aggression given what has happened in ukraine, they have got the firepower and the manpower real —— ready to aresist any attempt by russia to launch any kind of military incursion on to nato territory and their country, so by boosting this rapid reaction force and increasing the number of troops stationed in the eastern members, from a few thousand to several thousand more, nato is giving a strong message to moscow, and rahel will i the tonesian prime minister warned countries like estonia could be wiped off the face of the earth if russia were to invade. so it has changed the entire calculation and that will will be at the centre of the summit. that will will be at the centre of the summit-— that will will be at the centre of the summit. . ~ , ., the summit. the make up and the iing and how strong _ the summit. the make up and the iing and how strong the _ the summit. the make up and the iing and how strong the dynamics - the summit. the make up and the iing and how strong the dynamics of - the summit. the make up and the iing and how strong the dynamics of nato i and how strong the dynamics of nato have also changed, because of what has happened place in ukraine, the funding for example who will pay for the troops? are all the nato members meeting that 2% that is required of them? , ., ., ., ,.,

them? they are not, and some countries _ them? they are not, and some countries like _ them? they are not, and some countries like germany - them? they are not, and some countries like germany for - them? they are not, and some - countries like germany for example, greece, are going above 2% now, some are falling lower, below 2%, like italy for example so there will be a push to increase military spending to at least 2% across the alliance, russia spend more than 4% of its gdp on its military, so, there is i think a recognition that the entire world order has changed with the russian invasion of ukraine, the tectonic plates of europe and the west have changed, and, that is also going to be behind a push to try to make progress on finland and sweden joining the alliance, retchings these country, historically neutral declared their desire to join nato. it was hoped that could be approved here, at the moment, though, they are coming up against a block by turkey, which says that both finland and sweden are giving support to kurdish militant, that turkey sees as terrorists. until turkey lifts

its veto finland and sweden are not going to be able to join. its veto finland and sweden are not going to be able tojoin. if its veto finland and sweden are not going to be able to join. if they were able tojoin, going to be able to join. if they were able to join, it was hoped they would approved here, that would be a huge boost to they nato's firepower on the northern flank. it would double the border between russia and nato countries so that will be at the centre of the summit. to try to get turkey to lift its vie to to agree to finland and swedenjoining. there will be a lot coming out of this meeting. thank you mark. at least 46 people have been found dead in an abandoned lorry on the outskirts of san antonio, texas. officials say a further 16 people — including four children — were taken to hospital suffering from heat stroke and exhaustion. san antonio is around 150 miles from the us—mexico border — and a major transit route for people traffickers. azadeh moshiri reports.

emergency responders crowd together after dozens of bodies were found in an abandoned lorry. more than a dozen survivors, including children, were rushed to hospital. a worker who works in the buildings up here behind me heard a cry for help, came out to investigate, found a trailer with the doors partially open, opened them up to take a look and found a number of deceased individuals inside. the lorry was found in san antonio, texas, around 250 kilometres from the us mexico border. the victims are believed to be migrants trying to make their way into the united states. the patients that we saw were hot to the touch. they were suffering from heat stroke, heat exhaustion, no signs of water in the vehicle,

it was a refrigerated tractor—trailer but there was no visible working ac unit on that rig. we're not supposed to open up a truck and see stacks of bodies in there. none of us come to work imagining that. the patients that we saw were hot to the touch. they were suffering from heat stroke, heat exhaustion, the governor of texas, greg abbott, has blamed us president joe biden for the deaths, arguing they are a result of his deadly open border policies. state officials in texas have been dealing with record levels of migrant crossings from mexico, as they have prepared for a surge during a hot summer, with temperatures reaching 39.4 celsius on monday. as a federal investigation is launched, these deaths are a reminder of how perilous thatjourney is. azadeh moshiri, bbc news.

and now it is time to catch up with the sports news. we start at wimbledon with a blow for last years men's singles finalist matteo berrettini who has been forced to withdraw from the tournament after testing positive for covid. berrettini would have been one of the favourites this year after having an incredible grass season — winning the queen's club championship last week and at stuttgart before that and was due to face cristian garin on court one this afternoon. he joins marin cilic who was also forced to withdraw for the same reason. berrettini posted this in the last few minutes on instagram.

a stellar line up on centre court. we have rafa nadal and serena williams who have overcome injury and plenty of brits in action. katie swan is playing now and look at this ryan pence on the is playing. he has taken the first set and is 4—3 up in the second. if you want to watch this match it is live on bbc two right now and if you are out and about it is on the iplayer and the bbc sport website. formula 1 has condemned three—time world champion nelson piquet for using racially abusive language about lewis hamilton. the 69—year—old brazilian, who won the world title in 1981, 83 and 87 used a racially offensive term in referring to hamilton on a brazilian podcast. an f1 statement said...

england women face south africa in day two of the one—off test at taunton. yesterday the hosts were defied by a superb century from south africa's marizanne kapp. all—rounder kapp made 150, the highest score by a south african woman in test cricket, before being dismissed by england captain tammy beaumont. well, it's cloudy and breezy in taunton today — it might benefit the england players. it's currently 65 without loss. ineos grenadiers have announced their team for the tour de france with three riders who'll be hoping they can win the race. geraint thomas won the tour four years ago, but is the team's oldest rider at 36. fellow briton adam yates was the best young rider at the tour in 2016. colombian dani martinez completes their contenders. britain's olympic mountain bike gold medallist and world cyclo—cross champion tom pidcock will make his tour debut with the team.

that's all the sport for now. you can get action from every court at wimbledon on the bbc sport website. that's bbc.co.uk/sport and it's on the app too. more after half—one. nicola sturgeon is preparing to set out her plans for a second referendum on scottish independence. the first minister will make a statement in the scottish parliament this afternoon, when she's expected to say a vote will take place in october next year, with or without the formal consent of westminster. the uk government says now is not the time for another referendum. our scotland correspondent lorna gordonjoins us now from edinburgh. hello lorna, so what is the likely

route that ms sturgeon is going to take with this, what is her argument going to be, do we know? it’s a going to be, do we know? it's a closely guarded _ going to be, do we know? it's a closely guarded vevenlingt - going to be, do we know? it�*s —. closely guarded vevenlingt there has been lots of speculation here about what she might say, and of course it in less than two hours' time, she will give details of what she says will give details of what she says will be the road map to a new referendum. last time round, back in 2014, the scottish government had the consent of the uk government to hold another referendum, through what is known as a section 30 order, thatis what is known as a section 30 order, that is the gold standard for a referendum. this time round, that seems unlikely, as you say, the uk government says now not the time for a second referendum, so what other paths might there be? might nicola sturgeon propose holding another referendum, fighting it through the courts? night she propose holding a

clubtive balance with a differently worded question, perhaps one asking the people of scotland for a mandate to open negotiations with the united kingdom government. the problem with that, of course, is that also could well be challenged in the court, either ahead of such a referendum or after the fact. it could be boycotted by pro union voters here in scotland. the uk government might refuse to recognise the results of any such ballot, and further more would it be recognise board i the international community as well? so lots of challenges with that path going forward. there is questions about a mandate, the uk government secretary of state for scotland alistairjack argues that the government here in edinburgh does not have a mandate to hold such a referendum. he says that actually a majority of the electorate notjust those who voted should be required in order for a vote to go ahead. the

counter argument to that is nicola sturgeon would argue she does have a mandate, there are more msps at holyrood in favour of a second independence referendum than again it, that the snp together with the greens have a pro independence majority and both had manifesto commitment there should be another referendum. the film says that scots must have the democratic right to choose who they voted for. she has warned ministers not to thwart democracy, she says the uk is either a partnership of consent north a partnership worthy of the name. now we know that the scottish government cabinet has been briefed on the plans this morning, interestingly, the times newspaper is also giving more details today that a proposed timetable has been briefed to three consuls in edinburgh and one embassy in london. they have been briefed it says by the scottish government that a bill aiming to hold another vote

would be proposed after the holyrood summer recess here the rest of us, any scots who might vote in any proposed referendum and anyone in the uk who might have an interest in such a vote, we will find out what is being proposed injust under two hours' time. thank you. the prime minister has been speaking at the g7 summit. he began by speaking at the attack on the shopping mall in central ukraine. well, of course the news broke as we were all in the g7 sessions and you could feel the whole mood of the meeting become yet more sombre, think people arejust meeting become yet more sombre, think people are just shocked by what putin is capable of doing, and, you know, if anything it helped those of us who are making the case for helping to protect the

ukrainians, to get ma message across to some of those people who are more swing voters in the argument. they can see it is utter barbarism and i think one of the things we have seen in this g7 today, is a really, really powerful sense of unity, and resolve and purpose, and, absolute determine nation to keep giving the ukrainians the, the help, the support, with wherewithal to keep going. support, with wherewithal to keep anoin. support, with wherewithal to keep i oin i _ ., , support, with wherewithal to keep ioini _ ., , , support, with wherewithal to keep anoin. . , , ., support, with wherewithal to keep ioini. , .,, ., going. there has been a strong messaie going. there has been a strong message on — going. there has been a strong message on unity, _ going. there has been a strong message on unity, but - going. there has been a strong message on unity, but have i going. there has been a strong| message on unity, but have you going. there has been a strong - message on unity, but have you been disappointed there has been a lack of concrete action on ukraine? tatiana;r of concrete action on ukraine? today ou have of concrete action on ukraine? today you have another _ of concrete action on ukraine? today you have another $30 _ of concrete action on ukraine? today you have another $30 billion - of concrete action on ukraine? irr— you have another $30 billion of humanitarian and economic support for ukraine, to say nothing of the extraordinary list of equipment that everybody is sending across, so what people agreed on, which i think had been slightly questioned round the world, but i was never really in doubt, in my mind, what we agreed on

was to give the ukrainians the strategic endurance they need to try and shift the dial, to try to change the dynamic of the position. that is what needs to happen, that is what volodymyr zelensky wants us to give him. ., ., �* , him. the new head of the british army general — him. the new head of the british army general sanders _ him. the new head of the british army general sanders is - him. the new head of the british army general sanders is saying i him. the new head of the british l army general sanders is saying we are the generation that must prepare the army to fight again the europe. says we are facing our 1937 moment, thatis says we are facing our 1937 moment, that is alarming for viewers to hear. are we preparing for war with russia. , ., hear. are we preparing for war with russia. . ., . ., hear. are we preparing for war with russia. . ., .., ., russia. kim jong-un it will come to that, we russia. kim jong-un it will come to that. we are _ russia. kim jong-un it will come to that, we are working _ russia. kim jong-un it will come to that, we are working hard - russia. kim jong-un it will come to that, we are working hard to - russia. kim jong-un it will come to that, we are working hard to make| that, we are working hard to make sure we —— confine this to ukraine. i think, putin is, the creme 11 are going to try to widen the conflict and the try to say this is a, something to do between nato and russia, that is not its at all. this is about an invasion of an

independent sovereign country, it is about the, the west and all the friends of ukraine, giving them the support they need to protect themselves, that is what this is about. now, when, when it comes to uk defence spending, clearly, we have to respond to the way the threats continue to change, but don't forget dominic, we have now got a defence budget that is £24 billion bigger, under the spending review, the biggest increase in defence spending since the end of the cold war, you know, last year, the cold war, you know, last year, the uk was a third biggest defence spender in the world. but the uk was a third biggest defence spender in the world.— spender in the world. but your defence secretary... - spender in the world. but your defence secretary... is - spender in the world. but your. defence secretary... is reportedly asking for more, over five years, will he get that?— will he get that? look, i don't comment _ will he get that? look, i don't comment on _ will he get that? look, i don't comment on leaked _ will he get that? look, i don't comment on leaked stuff, - will he get that? look, i don't comment on leaked stuff, i i will he get that? look, i don't. comment on leaked stuff, i can will he get that? look, i don't - comment on leaked stuff, i can tell you, if you look already at what with are doing, last year, the uk

third biggest defend spender in the world. what we are doing under the spending review is putting another £24 billion in, we are well over 2%, what we want to do, and we treat the 2% as a floor, we treat that as a floor not a ceiling, and that was a cpom by the way began by the uk, in cardiff, and, ata cpom by the way began by the uk, in cardiff, and, at a nato cpom by the way began by the uk, in cardiff, and, ata nato summit, we are seeing many more other countries coming forward to match the spending. so the point i would make to people thinking about this at home, not only are we stepping up to the plate. not only are we putting more money into the armed forces but as a result of our actions, our lobby, campaigning, ourfriend and partners round the table in europe, in nato are also putting more in, and that, so it is that cumulative increase in vincement that is very powerful. but increase in vincement that is very iowerful. �* ., ., ., .,

powerful. but nothing more on top of that 0 in powerful. but nothing more on top of that o in reply — powerful. but nothing more on top of that o in reply to _ powerful. but nothing more on top of that 0 in reply to the _ powerful. but nothing more on top of that 0 in reply to the defence - that o in reply to the defence secretary? 50 that 0 in reply to the defence secretary?— that 0 in reply to the defence secreta ? ., , ., ., secretary? so as a result of that we have already _ secretary? so as a result of that we have already committed, _ secretary? so as a result of that we have already committed, we - secretary? so as a result of that we have already committed, we have l secretary? so as a result of that we l have already committed, we have put the biggest increase since the end of the cold war, we are meeting our pledge, i think more than met our pledge, i think more than met our pledge so far, to exceed the 2% floor, that we want, and we, the point i am trying to get over to folks is we are not only a massive defence spender, contributor, but, because of the campaigns we have been running, we have ourfriends, look at what is happening in germany, the massive commitments that olaf scholz is make, it is by working together we can really start to leverage national contributions and make sure our continent is well protected. and make sure our continent is well irotected. ., ~ and make sure our continent is well irotected. . ~ ., ., , . protected. talking about domestic issues, nicola _ protected. talking about domestic issues, nicola sturgeon _ protected. talking about domestic issues, nicola sturgeon is - protected. talking about domestic issues, nicola sturgeon is going i protected. talking about domestic| issues, nicola sturgeon is going to lay out plans today, for a second independence referendum, she says

she has a mandate to do so, because of her victory in the election last year, can you stop her? filth. of her victory in the election last year, can you stop her?- year, can you stop her? oh, of course we _ year, can you stop her? oh, of course we see _ year, can you stop her? oh, of course we see what _ year, can you stop her? oh, of course we see what she - year, can you stop her? oh, of course we see what she has i year, can you stop her? oh, of course we see what she has to | year, can you stop her? oh, of. course we see what she has to say and look forward to that. i think the important point to make is that we think the number one priority for the country is the economic pressures t spikes in the cost of energy, our plan for a stronger economy certainly means that we think that we are stronger working together but we have good relations with the scottish government, see what she has to say. iuntil]! with the scottish government, see what she has to say.— with the scottish government, see what she has to say. will you block her ilans what she has to say. will you block her plans to _ what she has to say. will you block her plans to have _ what she has to say. will you block her plans to have another- her plans to have another referendum?— her plans to have another referendum? ., , referendum? put it tht way we certainly think— referendum? put it tht way we certainly think that _ referendum? put it tht way we certainly think that our - referendum? put it tht way we certainly think that our plan i referendum? put it tht way we | certainly think that our plan for referendum? put it tht way we i certainly think that our plan for a stronger economy works better when the uk is together, than when it isn't together, put it that way. you said yesterday _ isn't together, put it that way. you said yesterday that the leadership question was settled in your mind but there have been reports that several a your mps are in talks with labour about defecting, worried about their seat, clearly not

thinking you are a great election winner moy, that must be painful to read. how do you feel about that how does it make you feel? it read. how do you feel about that how does it make you feel?— does it make you feel? it falls into the category _ does it make you feel? it falls into the category of — does it make you feel? it falls into the category of political _ does it make you feel? it falls into i the category of political commentary which i need to distinguish, journalists such as yourself. it is simil journalists such as yourself. it is simply commentary _ journalists such as yourself. it is simply commentary several members of your party are thinking of leaving the party and joining labour. it is the party and 'oining labour. it is m 'ob to the party and joining labour. it is my job to talk — the party andjoining labour. it 3 myjob to talk about our policy, what we are doing for the country, what we are doing for the country, what has been going on at the g7, but there are plenty of people who can offer you you an opinion on that. , ., ., ., ., that. the views of a voter i met who is a staunch — that. the views of a voter i met who is a staunch tory — that. the views of a voter i met who is a staunch tory supporter, - that. the views of a voter i met who is a staunch tory supporter, he - that. the views of a voter i met who is a staunch tory supporter, he said| is a staunch tory supporter, he said he voted conservative all your life. he said when you next meet him, will you say i will never vote conservative again because i don't believe a word the prime minister says? are you finished because of people like that i says? are you finished because of people like tha— people like that i will repeat what i have people like that i will repeat what i have already _ people like that i will repeat what i have already said. _ people like that i will repeat what i have already said. there - people like that i will repeat what i have already said. there are - i have already said. there are plenty of people who can offer political commentary, that is what

they are paid to do. but political commentary, that is what they are paid to do.— they are paid to do. but does not show if they _ they are paid to do. but does not show if they are _ they are paid to do. but does not show if they are thinking - they are paid to do. but does not show if they are thinking of - show if they are thinking of defecting that question is not settled? , ., defecting that question is not settled? , . ., , ., settled? these are matters for commentator, _ settled? these are matters for commentator, my _ settled? these are matters for commentator, my job - settled? these are matters for commentator, my job is - settled? these are matters for commentator, my job is to - settled? these are matters for commentator, my job is to getj settled? these are matters for. commentator, my job is to get on settled? these are matters for- commentator, my job is to get on and commentator, myjob is to get on and deliver the agenda we have got. it is massive. i am very excited by it. we are making a huge amount of progress, i will leave that to you. on the northern ireland protocol, former prime minister theresa may said in the commons yesterday, that the bill wasn't legal under international law, won't achieve its aims and will diminish the uk's standing in the world. how can you sit round a table doing business with other leaders if you are breaking the law, if you are breaking the law, if you are breaking international law, and are they taking you seriously?

and that is the higher legal obligation. it and that is the higher legal obligation-— and that is the higher legal obligation. and that is the higher legal obliiation. , ., . ., obligation. it is the balance of ieace obligation. it is the balance of peace and _ obligation. it is the balance of peace and stability _ obligation. it is the balance of peace and stability in - obligation. it is the balance of| peace and stability in northern ireland. the balance between the communities there. people get that and i think people basically want to move forward. fsine and i think people basically want to move forward-— and i think people basically want to move forward. ., ., ~ ., move forward. one more about ukraine and our move forward. one more about ukraine and your efforts — move forward. one more about ukraine and your efforts to _ move forward. one more about ukraine and your efforts to get _ move forward. one more about ukraine and your efforts to get crane _ move forward. one more about ukraine and your efforts to get crane out - move forward. one more about ukraine and your efforts to get crane out of- and your efforts to get crane out of ukraine that we've interviewed ukrainian farmers talking to people deeply worried about an impending famine. what the farmers are telling us today, is that to get the grain out over land is just not going to be enough. you've got to open up the ports, he said. is that realistic? in europe at the ports get those grain out to starving africans and people around the world to need it? we are working with many others to

see what the uk can add. were going to do ensuring shipping and things we can add. the key message the world needs to hear about notjust in our country but around the world, the person stopping the grain coming out of ukraine, it is not western sanctions. it is put in. and guy who is putting the blockading and blowing up bridges and routes that you can explore in addition to the black sea and we can do more and more. it looks as though we did about 2.5 million tonnes of grain from ukraine last month. that is a big increase in previous months. there are certainly roots up the danube, where you could step things up danube, where you could step things up but fundamentally, as long as

putin is holding that green hostage, 23, 20 5 putin is holding that green hostage, 23,20 5 million tonnes, it is going to be very difficult and i think it is crucial that the global audience understands it is down to him. the only solution _ understands it is down to him. the only solution is... it _ understands it is down to him. the only solution is... it is _ understands it is down to him. the only solution is... it is very - only solution is... it is very different- _ only solution is. .. it is very different. if— only solution is... it is very different. if he _ only solution is... it is very different. if he does - only solution is... it is very different. if he does the i only solution is... it is very i different. if he does the right thing, if you understand that people need to be fed and grain needs to come out that would be a good thing. but i think, as before, i do think that we need to have a plan b. that was the prime _ that we need to have a plan b. that was the prime minister borisjohnson speaking at the end of the g7 summit in bavaria. a 29—year—old man is being held on suspicion of murdering a woman in east london. zara aleena, who was 35, was attacked while she walked through ilford in the early hours of sunday morning. the met police believe she was the victim of what it called an "opportunist stranger attack". our reporterjon donnison spoke

to jasmin, a friend of zara's. are we going to hear from the met police? no, let us go to the latest. she was, she was amazing. she did not have a bad bone in her. she was kind committed loving, you know, local events and family said, a lifeline for her grandmother and her mum. she wasjust lifeline for her grandmother and her mum. she was just so innocent. lifeline for her grandmother and her mum. she wasjust so innocent. so pure. it isjust mum. she wasjust so innocent. so pure. it is just a shock. and people that i have not spoken to in many, many years have started talking hoping to get together for the jewel so sad circumstances. it is unfortunate. it so sad circumstances. it is unfortunate.— so sad circumstances. it is unfortunate. , ,, , unfortunate. it sounds like she was 'ust unfortunate. it sounds like she was just starting _ unfortunate. it sounds like she was just starting a _ unfortunate. it sounds like she was just starting a new _ unfortunate. it sounds like she was just starting a newjob _ unfortunate. it sounds like she was just starting a newjob after- unfortunate. it sounds like she was just starting a newjob after a - unfortunate. it sounds like she was just starting a newjob after a few i just starting a newjob after a few years,. your mac from what i heard she just graduated and when i knew her she was also into law etc. always heads in books. i did hear

that she started a newjob in central london in the court so she had a bright future ahead of her and a lot to look forward to. but unfortunately, her life was cut short. and you live locally around here. this is a busy road. we have got houses, buses, traffic, it is pretty shocking, isn't it? it is awful. pretty shocking, isn't it? it is awful- l've — pretty shocking, isn't it? it is awful. i've got _ pretty shocking, isn't it? it is awful. i've got younger - pretty shocking, isn't it? it 3 awful. i've got younger sisters, teenage kids and i only live a stone's throw from here and it is hard to think that something on such a busy road even at the crack of dawn, you would not expect something like this with so many houses and cameras and everything. it is shocking. cameras and everything. it is shocking-— cameras and everything. it is shockini. . ., ., ., ., shocking. that was a friend of zara aleena who _ shocking. that was a friend of zara aleena who was _ shocking. that was a friend of zara aleena who was 35 _ shocking. that was a friend of zara aleena who was 35 and _ shocking. that was a friend of zara aleena who was 35 and attacked i aleena who was 35 and attacked

whilst walking through ilford in the early hours of sunday morning. a man has been held on suspicion of murdering her. dangerous drivers could face life in prison under new sentencing rules coming into force this week. judges will be able to hand down life sentences to dangerous drivers who kill, or careless drivers who kill while under the influence of drink or drugs. i'm joined now byjohn scruby, a retired traffic police officer. he's also the spokesperson for the national charity in sheffield called support and care after road death and injury. these reforms coming into into force today, as you understand them, are they enough? i today, as you understand them, are they enough?— they enough? i would hope so. we have campaigned _ they enough? i would hope so. we have campaigned long _ they enough? i would hope so. we have campaigned long and - they enough? i would hope so. we have campaigned long and hard i they enough? i would hope so. we have campaigned long and hard to| they enough? i would hope so. we i have campaigned long and hard to get

this legislation through and we need to make sure that theirjudiciary and the cbs... to make sure that their 'udiciary and the css. . .fi and the cbs... what sort of challenges _ and the cbs... what sort of challenges did _ and the cbs... what sort of challenges did you - and the cbs... what sort of challenges did you face - and the cbs... what sort of. challenges did you face when and the cbs... what sort of- challenges did you face when you were serving in terms of getting the right prosecution? we are talking about death will stop— it took our team quite a while to chase a driver. this dealt with at the magistrates' court and he received six months and was out on six weeks of the taverners angle. that is not acceptable. hates six weeks of the taverners angle. that is not acceptable.— six weeks of the taverners angle. that is not acceptable. how do they, how did that — that is not acceptable. how do they, how did that happen? _ that is not acceptable. how do they, how did that happen? i _ that is not acceptable. how do they, how did that happen? i was - that is not acceptable. how do they, how did that happen? i was not - how did that happen? i was not allowed to happen? thew; how did that happen? i was not allowed to happen? any criminal case, the matter _ allowed to happen? any criminal

case, the matter what _ allowed to happen? any criminal case, the matter what starts - allowed to happen? any criminal case, the matter what starts it, | allowed to happen? any criminal i case, the matter what starts it, the magistrates decide that they can deal with it and then then they will. but their levels of solo, six month maximum. and itjust gets reduced with mitigation. the fact that it reduced with mitigation. the fact thatitis reduced with mitigation. the fact that it is a first offence or whatever. even with more serious cases, the maximum sentence up to today was 14 years. i've never seen anyone receiving 14 years. it is usually run about seven or eight. that is interesting, isn't it? you have dangerous driving and careless driving. and as it stands at the moment, you don't have to be involved in an accident in order to be charged but from the sounds of it, even the rules before, you did not get the maximum, you did not get the 14 years and i've read stories that many people are putting the blame at the magistrates' court. is it fit for purpose? the blame at the magistrates' court. is it fit for purpose?— it fit for purpose? the 'udicial

s stem it fit for purpose? the 'udicial system works * it fit for purpose? the 'udicial system works if t it fit for purpose? the 'udicial system works if it _ it fit for purpose? the 'udicial system works if it is h it fit for purpose? the judicial system works if it is dealt - it fit for purpose? the judicial| system works if it is dealt with it fit for purpose? the judicial - system works if it is dealt with the correct way on one of the biggest problems we have is the cps, the moment, he will go for a lesser charge knowing they can actually tick a box at the end of the day rather than charging the full offence. , ., ., ., ., , offence. the legislation that was in until today. — offence. the legislation that was in until today. 14 _ offence. the legislation that was in until today, 14 years, _ offence. the legislation that was in until today, 14 years, they - offence. the legislation that was in until today, 14 years, they always i until today, 14 years, they always started halfway and there was never anything more. what about repeat offenders because we hear this time and time again, don't we? the signs were there in terms of dangerous driving or careless driving and then eventually they do kill someone many people are saying why would they not given stiffer sentences beforehand when they had form in court? that is ital but when they had form in court? that is ltaly but we've _ when they had form in court? that is italy but we've been _ when they had form in court? that is italy but we've been saying - when they had form in court? that is italy but we've been saying for- italy but we've been saying for many, many years. sentencing guidelines there. the sentencing possibilities are there but for some reason, thejudiciary possibilities are there but for some reason, the judiciary don't want to seem to hand out a higher sentence.

i wonder if you could summarise for us, what would work in your mind? from your experience?— us, what would work in your mind? from your experience? well, there is no chanie from your experience? well, there is no change to — from your experience? well, there is no change to the _ from your experience? well, there is no change to the way _ from your experience? well, there is no change to the way that _ from your experience? well, there is no change to the way that incident i no change to the way that incident are investigated and my colleagues working now will still investigate thoroughly any situation. if there is a vitality or serious injury. it is a vitality or serious injury. it is then down to the powers that be to look at the evidence and take into account the families who are left behind, the bereaved people, they say 400 people affected by each road to death. these people got to be considered as well in the drivers who will commit offences while under the influence of drink or drugs should have the full weight of the law thrown at them.— should have the full weight of the law thrown at them. leave it there for now. thank _ law thrown at them. leave it there for now. thank you. _ the population of england and wales has risen to 59 million — the highest number ever recorded. that's according to the first series of 2021 census results —

that have been released by the office for national statistics. the census — which is carried out every 10 years — asks people to answer questions about themselves, their household and their home, to build a detailed snapshot of society. so what have we learnt from the latest data? joining me now is professorjane falkingham — who's director of the centre for population change at the university of southampton. thank you forjoining us. data like this is key for institutions like yourselves. in terms of the population, what were your thoughts when you saw that increase. absolutely. we have been waiting for these results, their eagerly anticipated. they were not actually that much of a because the office of national statistics gives us yearly estimates so they take the census

from 2011 and added on the births and deaths. and added on the migration but what this allows us to do is really to then realign things so that over time we gradually getting further and further away from an accurate picture so it is really great to have these new data for 2021 which means we can now actually start to think about planning and really have a much clearer idea of population in any particular area.— particular area. knew so much clearer idea, _ particular area. knew so much clearer idea, what _ particular area. knew so much clearer idea, what exactly - particular area. knew so much clearer idea, what exactly are | particular area. knew so much i clearer idea, what exactly are you looking for when you're building up that picture? tats i looking for when you're building up that picture?— that picture? as i say, you know, when we were — that picture? as i say, you know, when we were doing _ that picture? as i say, you know, when we were doing the - that picture? as i say, you know, i when we were doing the estimates, adding the births and deaths and then we are adding in migration and of course we are not at the national level, we know how many migrants there are but at the local level, it becomes less certain because we don't have things that the

population register which they do in europe, for example, so you know, when you move house in europe you have to go down to the police station and tell them that you have moved whereas in england and wales we don't have that so we have to rely on piecing the data together from all sorts of different places like gp registers or school registers, etc. and of course, understanding how many people you have a new local authority is actually very critical for planning services. for example, understanding how many schools you have got to build understanding how many old people you have a social care and all of those things so this is really fantastic to have the first results from the 2021 centres and i would like to thank everyone who filled in their form. would like to thank everyone who filled in theirform. i think, again, it was a record—breaking number of people who filled in their form and it exceeded the ons targets so we feel that it is really reliable data.— so we feel that it is really reliable data. . ., ., ., ., reliable data. the data that a lot ofthe reliable data. the data that a lot of the planning _ reliable data. the data that a lot of the planning institutions, - reliable data. the data that a lot of the planning institutions, like| of the planning institutions, like you just described, it is used in so

many ways, they have been using data thatis many ways, they have been using data that is ten years old, effectively, haven't they? just how valuable is this data to universities, to commercial companies as well? it is invaluable for _ commercial companies as well? it 3 invaluable for everybody, really. i've talked about plans but of course businesses, it is useful for them to understand their customer base. so everybody will be looking at this data today and thinking about how it affects them and how they can plan their services going forward or the business going forward. it is not to say the out of date data was not good but this gives us a really reliable benchmark to build from and because the last decade we have seen quite a lot of movement in terms of changes in migration patterns, particularly following the referendum, one thing

that did surprise me, in a way, we have seen a slowdown of population compared to the decade before so between 2001 and 2011 we grew, i think, by around 8% whereas in this decade we have actually slowed down and we've only grown by about 6%. and interestingly, in the calendar year 2020, we know that, for the first time, the number of deaths exceeded the number of births and so this gives us a really good picture. sorry, i'm going into too much detail. �* , ., ., detail. i'm 'ust imagining all the ma is detail. i'm just imagining all the maps kicked _ detail. i'm just imagining all the maps kicked out _ detail. i'm just imagining all the maps kicked out of— detail. i'm just imagining all the maps kicked out of various - maps kicked out of various departments. very quickly, what do you make of the new classes that will be included in the census? i think it was gender, sexual orientation as well that i don't know if you can think of any others. how significant are those? yes. know if you can think of any others. how significant are those?- how significant are those? yes, we have not seen _ how significant are those? yes, we have not seen those _ how significant are those? yes, we have not seen those results - how significant are those? yes, we have not seen those results yet - have not seen those results yet so... , . .,

have not seen those results yet so... , .., ., have not seen those results yet so... , ., ., so... they come out later in the ear. it so... they come out later in the year- it is _ so... they come out later in the year- it is going _ so... they come out later in the year. it is going to _ so... they come out later in the year. it is going to be _ so... they come out later in the| year. it is going to be interesting to see that information. have information on religion, ethnicity and understanding occupation as well and understanding occupation as well and how occupations have changed. i think the last ten years of seen a big shift in they are working so that will be really interesting. thank you very much indeed. thank you. thank you very much indeed. thank ou. ., ~' thank you very much indeed. thank ou. ., ~ , ., thank you very much indeed. thank ou. ., ,, , ., a thank you very much indeed. thank ou. ., ,, ,, a bit thank you very much indeed. thank you-_ a bit of— thank you very much indeed. thank you._ a bit of world - thank you very much indeed. thank| you._ a bit of world needs you. thank you. a bit of world needs now and police _ you. thank you. a bit of world needs now and police in _ you. thank you. a bit of world needs now and police in india _ you. thank you. a bit of world needs now and police in india have - now and police in india have arrested a journalist who has been a vocal critic of the prime minister. mohammed zubair is the co—founder of fact—checking site altnews and has a huge social media following. he's been accused of insulting religious beliefs on twitter but many opposition leaders and journalists have condemned the arrest. they say it's a clear attempt by the hindu—nationalist government to clamp down on those who expose hate speech. our south asia correspondent rajini

vaidyanathan has more. as you mention, just then, mohammed zubair is one of india's most prominent muslim journalist. he co—founded a fact checking website which calls out misinformation and fake news. it is called old news and he has a huge social media following. in the past, he has been a very vocal critic of the prime minister's government. we know he was arrested on monday. reports say this actually dates back to a complaint over a tweet that was posted in 2018 when he commented on the renaming of a hotel to the hindu god and somebody complain. the hindu nationalist complained and we understand, saying it offended his religious sensibilities. from what

we have heard, that is why he has now been detained. he is accused of offending religious sensibilities here. now, this also comes after he recently retweeted some posts relating to the national spokesperson who made offensive comments about the prophet muhammad and he shared those tweets. there is and he shared those tweets. there is a lot of outrage from internationalists but opposition parties are saying this is an attempt by the government to target anyone who targets hate speech. there's been a pattern that some people, including his supporters, have been saying which is that in recent years, since the party came

to power in 2014, there have been more arrests ofjournalists and anti—government activists. there have been otherjournalist who spent months and months injail. they say they have done nothing wrong in so many people say this is part of a trend, now, where you have human rights groups questioning the freedom of basic speech here in india which, of course, is the world's largest democracy so huge concern around mohammed zubair�*s arrest and detention because of the context here in recent years. there's been an increase in hate crime and hate speech against muslims and of course the police maintain that this arrest has been done under proper process. at least 12 people have been killed and more than 250 injured after an explosion of toxic gas at thejordanian port of aqaba. the blast came after a storage tank containing 25 tonnes of chlorine fell from a winch and hit the deck of a ship, causing a large plume of chlorine gas. specialist teams have been sent to the port to deal with the cleanup operation.

a special occasion for a very special man. he is 107 years old. he is a veteran of the second world war and he is now a knight of the french republic. the country's and buster came to award him the honour during the darkest of days so many years ago. legend has it, winston churchill once said, the only thing that really frightened him during the conflict was the parable of the u—boat. maintaining the shipping lanes was vitalfor the u—boat. maintaining the shipping lanes was vital for the war effort. and playing his part was neil who

served at sea for the best part of four years. served at sea for the best part of fouryears. he served at sea for the best part of four years. he also had a role in the liberation of southern france in august 1944, the liberation of southern france in august1944, he the liberation of southern france in august 1944, he was part of the allied landings in provence. so what does he think of his new title? ihferg does he think of his new title? very nice. i does he think of his new title? very nice- i have — does he think of his new title? - nice. i have experienced a lot of my life. not everything has been by the book. i will say no more. i am saying thank you so much for the attention you are giving me. fiend saying thank you so much for the attention you are giving me. and old stoker who is _ attention you are giving me. and old stoker who is now _ attention you are giving me. and old stoker who is now a _ attention you are giving me. and old stoker who is now a knight - attention you are giving me. and old stoker who is now a knight of - attention you are giving me. and old stoker who is now a knight of the i stoker who is now a knight of the french legion of honour. we have all been there... you're having a quiet pint in a pub on a sunday afternoon. and someone jumps on the piano. but imagine if that person turned out to be chris martin — on his way home from glastonbury. the lead singer of coldplay called in to the stag inn, in hinton charterhouse, somerset and ended up singing to a couple who were there

planning their wedding. earlier my colleague annita spoke with chris parkin who runs the stag inn in hinton charterhouse, who described the experience. it was one of the surreal moments of my life where they came in the pub and went outside and sat outside and i said to everybody, look, leave

them alone that of their having a beer, you know, little respect their privacy, type of thing. then he came in and ijust said, would you mind saying hello to my son because he is a great fan, that type of stuff. he said yeah, no problem. and just turned around and said what is going on here and are having a meeting about the wedding that we are going to do. this is heather and jeremy? hannah and jeremy. and it was hannah who said, you know, ourfirst dance is going to be sky full of stars and hejust said well do is going to be sky full of stars and he just said well do you want me to sit down and play it and it was ok. and he sat down a lovely man. what an absolute gent. a super guy. just had a laugh and everybody sat down, played a bit and said i've got to go now. as i've told you there, that is about happened, really. it wasjust amazing. absolutely unbelievable. canon —— met hannah and jeremy, it

must�*ve been surrealfor canon —— met hannah and jeremy, it must�*ve been surreal for them. canon —— met hannah and jeremy, it must�*ve been surrealfor them. we must've been surreal for them. we retain to must've been surreal for them. - retain to get food organised and what we're going to do but glasses on this and it was quite an important meeting we are having at the time obviously, for their big day. it kind of broke the whole thing with a celebrityjust being there. and to come in and justjoin us and say, yeah, you know. so natural, so lovely. unbelievable. you are trying to give him his privacy. just treat him like any other customer. so are you surprised that he engaged in this way and actually sat down and played the piano? he actually sat down and played the iiano? , , . ., actually sat down and played the dano? ,, . ., . actually sat down and played the iiano? , , . ., . , piano? he is such a nice guy. the fact that he _ piano? he is such a nice guy. the fact that he did — piano? he is such a nice guy. the fact that he did it _ piano? he is such a nice guy. the fact that he did it just _ piano? he is such a nice guy. the fact that he did itjust shows - piano? he is such a nice guy. the fact that he did itjust shows the l fact that he did itjust shows the kind of guy he is, i suppose. very natural. and he was so interested in

the wedding plans and what was going on. just unbelievable. like i say, five minutes, you just think well. that was very, very surreal and very very lovely for them put up a memory that they are always going to have, you know. it that they are always going to have, ou know. , ., you know. it is whether time now. he was chris. you know. it is whether time now. he was chris- we — you know. it is whether time now. he was chris. we just _ you know. it is whether time now. he was chris. we just don't _ you know. it is whether time now. he was chris. we just don't have - you know. it is whether time now. he was chris. we just don't have a - was chris. we just don't have a quick look at what is going on across central and eastern europe with temperatures well above average. highs up to 44 across parts of southern italy. the temperatures here are all to do with a big ridge in thejet stream. here are all to do with a big ridge in the jet stream. very slow moving feature. unfortunately fries, that feature. unfortunately fries, that feature is going to trap this 12, this you bend over the uk and what that does is it traps this area of low pressure. the same area of low will be with is really for the whole of this week so it is going to be unsettled for the next few days with rain or showers. today there are bits of rain moving into western areas and heavy times for western scotland with murky conditions here along with that low cloud. another

feature of the weather is it is quite a windy day with winds coming from the south—west. across central and eastern england, perhaps parts of eastern scotland, lease something a little bit dry and brighter here the rain uses to showers to the afternoon as well. in the sunshine p°p5 afternoon as well. in the sunshine pops out, not feeling too bad. 22 a 23 but for western areas, generally temperatures are a bit below power. overnight tonight, our band of rain will slowly push its way eastwards across parts of england. again, they will be heavily biased mixed in with

that for a time. temperatures generally double figures. 12—14 and then tomorrow, this band avenger clear out of the way quite quickly and broadly speaking tomorrow is a day of sunshine and showers. some of the showers will turn heavy and thundery and there will be some particularly slow—moving ones lining up particularly slow—moving ones lining up across the peninsula down towards the south—west of england. we see some sunny spells breakthrough. 2223. not

at least 46 people have been found dead in an abandoned lorry on the outskirts of san antonio, texas, 150 miles from the us—mexican border. 16 other people, including four children, have been taken to hospital with heatstroke and exhaustion. they are believed to be migrants. we hope that those responsible for putting these people in such inhumane conditions are prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law. we'll bring you the latest. also this lunchtime: ukraine's president says the russian missile strike on that shopping centre in kremenchuk is 'one of the most brazen terrorist attacks in european history�* leaders of the world's largest economies promise to "continue imposing severe and enduring costs

on russia" to help bring an end to the ukraine war.