this is bbc news the headlines at 9. third are fighting in eastern ukraine. the ukrainian army rejects russia's claims that they have encircled the city. —— further fighting. russian state media says two more british men captured by british forces in ukraine —— russian forces in ukraine have been charged of being mercenaries. there are warnings of further disruption for air travellers this summer — with more flights set to be cancelled in the coming

weeks at heathrow — the uk's busiest airport. the biggest ever london pride is more thani million revellersjoin in the festivities, the first in three years. welcome if you are watching in the uk or around the world. heavy fighting has been continuing around the eastern ukrainian city in the eastern donbas region. it's the only remaining city in the area not under russian control. these pictures from russian control. these pictures from russian state news agency show

fighting near the city. elsewhere, russia is continuing its missile strikes. in the south, ukraine's military says mykolaiv has been hit by ten missiles targetting the port and other industrial infrastructure. it's not yet clear if there are any casualities. the ukrainian authorities have accused moscow of hitting civilian targets in an effort to force them into making territorial concessions. meanwhile, two more britons captured by russian forces in ukraine have been charged with being mercenaries, according to russian state media. it comes after two other british men were sentenced to death last month. joe inwood reports. andrew hill travel to ukraine to help fight the russian invasion. both men now face being tried as mercenaries in an unrecognised separatist court. they would not be the first to appear there. last month three men were all sentenced

to death by the so—called donetsk people's republic. according to dominic bernard, who is working on their cases, it is no coincidence most of them are british. —— dominic byrne. most of them are british. -- dominic b rne. , ., , most of them are british. -- dominic b rne. , . , , , , most of them are british. -- dominic brne. , , ,, ., byrne. they are putting pressure on other governments. _ byrne. they are putting pressure on other governments. they _ byrne. they are putting pressure on other governments. they are - byrne. they are putting pressure on other governments. they are using | other governments. they are using these prisoners as a negotiation tool. we believe that's the case because the british government have really rattled the russians within ukraine. rattled or not, on the battlefields of the east, russia is very much on the advance. they are said to be taking ground in lysychansk, the last part of the luhansk region held by the ukrainians. russia is moving to encircle the city. if they do, they will cut off some of ukraine's most experienced soldiers. but it's notjust the eastern donbas region that has felt the effects of russia's invasion. the last fortnight has seen attacks right across ukraine — here in the capital, kyiv, at a shopping centre in the town of kremenyuk

and, most recently, in the resort of serhiyivka. 21 people are now known to have died when three russian missiles struck the popular holiday destination. roman tried to help. everyone who was inside at that moment, they all died. my neighbour was a very good person. it's a great pity. she simply died in my arms. it's really scary. i don't know how to put it into words. the attack on serhiyivka came just a few hours after russia was driven from the strategically important snake island under massive ukrainian bombardment. russia claimed it left as a gesture of goodwill but last night returned to bomb the equipment it had been forced to leave behind. joe inwood, bbc news, kyiv. religious leaders and tribal elders who've been holding a three—day meeting in the afghan capital kabul have called on the international community to recognise the taliban rulers and lift all sanctions.

around 3,000 clerics attended the men—only conference, which was organised by the islamist group. earlier, i spoke to our south asia editor, anbarasan ethirajan, and asked him why this conference had been called. after the taliban captured power in august, they did not have the support of the entire community because they always argued this was the first time they had united afghanistan even in the previous rule. this time they wanted legitimacy from their own community because the taliban aren't going to have any democratic elections. that is why they wanted— is why they wanted inaudible as well as _ is why they wanted inaudible as well as religious _ is why they wanted inaudible as well as religious clerics - is why they wanted inaudible as well as religious clerics to i is why they wanted inaudible i as well as religious clerics to give them their backing. that's why they called for nearly 3000 of these clerics for this

meeting in kabul and they passed some important resolutions, one of which is asking for recognition from the international community, and also urging the international donors to release the frozen funds of the country. they also warned that anybody who supports a taliban rule, then action will be taken against them. , , . ~ then action will be taken against them. , , .~ ., , then action will be taken against them. , , ., . , them. did they make any concessions, because the — them. did they make any concessions, because the sanctions _ them. did they make any concessions, because the sanctions were _ them. did they make any concessions, because the sanctions were put - them. did they make any concessions, because the sanctions were put in - because the sanctions were put in place for a reason, weren't they? ironically, it was a men only conference. no women representatives were there during this conference. also there are different ethnic groups. we did know how many representatives there were. it wasn't clear what it was

representing. international community has been urging the taliban rulers for several months now to respect human rights, especially women's rights, for example the education for secondary school girls. the schools have been shut for months. they've not been reopened at all. many government departments, the women have been sent home, they've been urging women not to come to public places until they had a real demand, and they've been asking them to come with family members. many people lost their jobs. that's why, you know, people have been asking the taliban. they promised to be a new version like 2.0 but they've brought back the original very harsh interpretation of sharia laws back to afghanistan which has disappointed the international community. that's why their funds are being international community. that's why theirfunds are being holed. they are asking the taliban to change their attitude before the money can be released. —— theirfunds their attitude before the money can be released. —— their funds are being held.

the united nations has called for calm after protesters stormed libya's parliament in the eastern city of tobruk on friday night and set fire to part of the building. the protesters are demanding the dissolution of parliament. the activists say they will continue protesting until the ruling elite steps aside. they want the elections originally scheduled for last december to be held. earlier, i spoke to bbc world service middle east editor, youssef taha, and iasked him why these protests are happebing now. younger libyans now are running out of patience with the political elite who have been fighting each other for so long. they all have been promising holding these elections, which were scheduled for last december, but they have never taken place so far. they all said they support the holding of the elections but that is about it and these youths have had enough

of all these vacant promises because libya is one of the richest countries in oil and gas, yet these people are not reaping the rewards of this well. —— the rewards of this wealth. living standards have been falling and they have become so bad now, power cuts last for days, internet cuts, the same thing, and they have had just about enough of all this. they are now urging the political elite to step aside. so they can achieve their goals. why is it so hard for these elections to take place? since 2011, there has been chaos in libya, presumably a stable government would really get it on the right track. the interesting thing that all the political faction figures in libya have together, well, had got back together in 2011 to get rid of the long term leader, gaddafi, once he was removed from office, they turned on each other and turned their guns against each other. and they have been fighting since. they have not come together to set their

differences aside, and have elections, have a new president, have a new government. and some of these reports, according to the interim prime minister appointed by the libya based parliament, who used to be the interior minister under the government of national unity which was recognised by the united nations, he went to the capital tripoli in may, mid—may, but violent clashes broke out and he overestimated his support in the capital tripoli. and he said that he wanted to spare any further bloodshed. however, they have not set those differences aside to let the elections take place, and the youth of libya, which has a population of under 7 million, have had about enough, and they said they want democracy and they want living standards to be improved. tell us more about those living standards, especially for the youth in libya, what is it like now?

it is very difficult for most people to survive, especially that the security situation is pretty bad. libya has been lawless since the removal of colonel gadaffi. and military groups have been fighting each other, and apparently, they do not want to lay down their arms for fear that they would be arrested and prosecuted for all the violence they had committed over they ears. and this seems to be going to continue for a while. the protesters said they will continue their protest until the political elite step aside and the elections take place. there are warnings of further disruption for air travellers passing through heathrow this summer, with more flights set to be cancelled in the coming weeks at the uk's busiest airport. the cuts are expected as the airlines change their schedules ahead of the busy school holiday period. our business reporter noor nanji has the story. we've already seen big queues

at airports this summer. now come warnings of more disruption with a new wave of flight cancellations expected to be announced next week. the cancellations are triggered by an amnesty on take—off and landing slots, which ends this friday. it compounds existing problems. we are now right in the midst of the peak summer travel season but we are still experiencing problems of lack of manpower, not only for airlines but across airports, ground handlers and even in some cases border control staff, so the mix of high volumes and lack of people is causing a tremendous dislocation at many airports. british airways services from heathrow are likely to bear the brunt of the cancellations. a spokesperson from the airline told the bbc that they welcome the new measures, adding "it would make it easier to consolidate some of our quieter daily flights to multifrequency destinations well in advance and to protect more of our holiday flights".

add to that the threat of strikes from ba cabin and ground crews over a pay dispute. so what should you do if you are caught up in all this? crucially, i know what my rights are if anything's cancelled, and that's to get a replacement flight on the same day if there is anything available to take me there at the airline's expense. and then furthermore, hotel accommodation if need be and compensation if it's the airline's fault, which if it is technical issues or a staff shortage, it generally is. in europe, there is more bad news with strikes there, too, including by cabin crew at airlines ryanair and easyjet. after two years of covid rules, this should be a summer of escape. but for holiday—makers, those fears of delays and cancellations are not going away. the headlines on bbc news... heavy fighting continues around the eastern ukrainian city of lysychansk, the only city in the luhansk region not under russian control.

a three—day council of tribal elders and clerics ends in afghanistan with a call for the world to recognise the taliban and lift all sanctions. here in the uk, the former deputy chief whip, chris pincher of the conservative party — who stepped down when sexual misconduct claims were made against him — says he's now seeking professional medical support. he was suspended from the party following allegations he groped two men at a private members club in london on wednesday. mr pincher said he hoped to return to his duties as mp as quickly as possible. a little earlier our political correspondent, damian grammaticas spoke to my colleague annita mcveigh and explained that more allegations

are emerging and that the story is not likely to be going away any time soon. the sunday papers are now saying they have new allegations, these are just allegations, made about chris pinter —— these are just allegations, made about chris pincher and his behaviour. the mail on sunday and the sunday times in particular including things like the mail says they have spoken to someone who claims that a decade ago when they were 2a says they were subject to unwanted advances from chris pincher. another claimed that a tory staffer tried to prevent lecherous advances to a young man at a tory conference and chris pincher threatened to report that staffer to her boss. another claim that borisjohnson was made aware two months ago about claims that chris pincher had made unwanted advances to a tory mp and when rebuffed had gone to that tory mp�*s wife with allegations of a sexual nature about the mp. all of these are now being reported by the sunday papers. have we learnt anything more from chris pincher himself? i tried to contact him and i put these to him.

he hasn't come back to me on that but we know he has told the newspapers that he denies all of these allegations. we did hear a little bit earlier from him in a statement in which he said that he wasn't thinking of resigning as an mp, he was seeking professional medical help and wanted to return to his constituency mp role as soon as possible and would help with the parliamentary inquiry that is now under way. president biden has warned that states passing strict anti—abortion laws will try to jail women who choose to travel to get abortions. and he promised the federal government will act to protect women's rights to travel. he was speaking at a virtual meeting with democratic state governors. if extremist governors try to block a woman from traveling from her state that prohibits herfrom seeking medical help she needs to a state that provides that care, the federal government will act to protect her bedrock rights through the attorney general�*s office. earlier, we heard from

mary zeigler a professor at the florida state university college of law, and the author of abortion and the law in america. i asked mary what she made of presidentjoe biden saying women travelling for abortions will be protected by the federal government. the most likely thing president biden is alluding to is if states passed laws to stop people from travelling, that the biden administration will take steps towards these in court. there is not much of the administration can do to stop the states passing laws but they can take up challenges to their constitution and legality. what they can take up challenges to their constitution and legality.— constitution and legality. what sort of wa is constitution and legality. what sort of way is our _ constitution and legality. what sort of way is our people _ constitution and legality. what sort of way is our people already - constitution and legality. what sortj of way is our people already finding around these laws in different states? ,., around these laws in different states? ., , states? -- sort of ways. the most common as _ states? -- sort of ways. the most common as people _ states? -- sort of ways. the most common as people are _ states? -- sort of ways. the most common as people are ordering i common as people are ordering medication on the internet from abroad. mobile clinics have been set

“p abroad. mobile clinics have been set up on the borders of some states. in other words, up on the borders of some states. in otherwords, between up on the borders of some states. in other words, between states that are and aren't allowing abortions. in some states some clinics have opened in larger physical locations on the other borders with other states. there has been the beginnings of people to get access, particularly to medication and abortion in places where it remains illegal.— where it remains illegal. there has been a big response _ where it remains illegal. there has been a big response from - where it remains illegal. there has l been a big response from companies who have said they will help to pay for their employees to travel to other states if they need to. did that reaction surprise you? hot that reaction surprise you? not reall . that reaction surprise you? not really- we've — that reaction surprise you? iirrt really. we've seen stronger reactions from companies. 0nce states began denying lgbtq i rights, for example bathroom access for transgender people, some states threatened to relocate headquarters in some instances. i was expecting some sort of response from companies

on this, but this might not be the last word, some states have said they might penalised companies or reimburse them for the cost of travel and abortion services. i think there will be some tit—for—tat between companies and state lawmakers at least in some part of the us. ., ., ., ., ., �*, the us. you are one of the world's leadin: the us. you are one of the world's leading authorities _ the us. you are one of the world's leading authorities on _ the us. you are one of the world's leading authorities on the - the us. you are one of the world's leading authorities on the history. leading authorities on the history of abortion in america. what do you see happening next, especially when it comes to challenges in different states? its it comes to challenges in different states? , , , . ., , states? its highly unpredictable. if states? its highly unpredictable. if states try to _ states? its highly unpredictable. if states try to stop _ states? its highly unpredictable. if states try to stop people _ states? its highly unpredictable. ifj states try to stop people travelling outside the us. they sometimes do that by using texas style laws that allow anybody to sue anyone who is travelling potentially or performing an abortion. that is just an unprecedented situation in the recent history of the us or even the entire history of the us. we are

likely to see a lot of certainty and along with that divisiveness. lawmakers won't know what they can get away with and they are unlikely to push the envelope to find out. sport and for a full round up, from the bbc sport centre, here's sarah mulkerrins. hello and thanks forjoining us. good evening. only one place to start and that's at wimbledon where there has been a day of shocks in the third round. iga swiatek — the number one seed and favourite for the women's title is out. beaten by alize cornet in straight sets. but that wasn't the only surprise of the day, as lydia campbell reports. everywhere iga swiatek goes the polish follow. she has been rocking all over the tennis world, winning her last six tournaments. surely this was only going one way. but perhaps not. before anyone could blink, cornet had taken the first

set, threatening an almighty upset on court one. and it only got worse in the second for iga swiatek. not only was cornet playing the match of her dreams, but iga swiatek was helping her along the way. then it was all over. iga swiatek�*s 37 match unbeaten run halted. 0ver was all over. iga swiatek�*s 37 match unbeaten run halted. over on centre court, there was a chance to pay respect to sport stars and armed forces alike, but then it was down to business, coco gauff knows this court well and she got the better of fellow american amanda anisimova in a topsy—turvy first set. but the second belong to amanda anisimova. she had an answerfor second belong to amanda anisimova. she had an answer for everything coco gauff threw at her. a lot has been expected of coco gauff since she beat venus williams on her wimbledon debut three years ago, but today was all about her opponent,

the third set was over quickly with amanda anisimova breaking new ground at wimbledon. a day for underdogs at wimbledon, and the women's draw thrown wide open. lydia campbell, bbc news. plain sailing for rafa nadal in the men's draw, he's through to the fourth round after a straight sets win over lorenzo sonego. the spainard, who has already won the australian and french 0pens this year, dropped just seven games over the course of the three sets on centre court. india are very much in control of the rearranged fifth test against hosts england at edgbaston. this extraordinary, record—breaking overfrom stuart broad helped india to a16 all out. it's the most expensive over in the history of test cricket, going for 3. jasprit bumrah, the india captain,

teed off and combined with a wide and a no ball, accelerated india past the 400 mark. everybody in birmingham bemused, not least broad who's also been hit for 36 in a single over in t20 cricket. here's the full over. all eight balls of it. 0ne we'll not forget in a hurry, however hard broad may want us to. it's fair to say it's been a miserable day for the hosts. with the bat england lost a couple of early wickets, they then lost a couple of late wickets too including joe root for 31. england were 84 for 5 at close of play and trail by 332. cristiano ronaldo has asked to leave manchester united if the club receive an appropriate offerfor him. ronaldo only returned to old trafford a year ago and went on to be the club's top scorer but it's understood he wants to play at the highest level still. united missed out on champions league qualification which would have left the 37—year old portugal forward facing

europa league football next season. that's all the sport for now. london has seen its biggest ever pride — more than a million people have taken part, in the first event since 2019. lauren moss reports. it's loud, it's proud and it's back... ..where it all began. the pride march has taken to the streets once again, with thousands of people walking under the rainbow flag. generations came together, including 17—year—old erin and her mum, vicky, who have travelled from leicestershire. i came out this year to my mum as bi. i've always wanted to come to one of these festivals. when i discovered we'd be down here anyway for the guns n roses concert yesterday, i asked

if we could go, and my mum was so for it. i'm so proud of erin, i really am. to see everybody today, it's the most amazing experience. and for others, it'a a homecoming. jamieson came to his first pride 46 years ago. it's wonderful now to see - the progression of what it was, and what we have become. it's thought around 30,000 people took part in the parade today, passing some of the route the original march took in 1972. it's one of the most colourful celebrations in the country. but pride is still a protest at its heart. we aren't being complacent, attacks are still happening. we cannot pretend there isn't discrimination and violence against people in this community. and violence against people in this

community-— and violence against people in this communi . ~ , ., ,, ., community. with events from shetland to salisbury- — community. with events from shetland to salisbury- it — community. with events from shetland to salisbury. it will _ community. with events from shetland to salisbury. it will continue _ community. with events from shetland to salisbury. it will continue for - to salisbury. it will continue for the next few weeks. you are watching bbc news. my colleague annita will take a look at tomorrow's front pages at 10:30 and 11:30 this evening. joining her are the broadcaster and pyschotherapist lucy beresford and joe twyman, director of the polling organisation deltapoll. now it's time for a look at the weather with ben rich. hello. if you were out and about for a saturday stroll, and you looked up, you may well have seen some impressive cloud scapes. these beautiful clouds seen by an weather watcher in west sussex, but a lot of sunshine at least for a time. these clouds overhead in county antrim looking a little more threatening, and we did see quite a few showers through the day, courtesy of the low pressure. a couple of frontal systems as well, this one bringing rain across the north

of the uk, this one bringing rain towards the south—east corner, some rain through here this evening and clearing away and most places will be dry as we go through the night with some clear spells or with some showers in western coastal districts, particularly for northern ireland in western scotland where the breeze will strengthen. 0vernight lows between nine and 12 degrees. into tomorrow, another sunshine and showers day but there shouldn't be as many showers as over the last couple of days, the heaviest one is found over parts of scotland, central and eastern portions of england, could be the odd flash of lightning and rumble of thunder here. not as many showers for northern ireland, wales or the south—west by the afternoon. temperatures at their highest in the south—east corner, 22 degrees. for the cricket at edgbaston tomorrow, there is the chance of a shower. largely dry with sunny spells. similar story for wimbledon. the chance we could catch a shower. some decent spells of sunshine.

on monday, still some showers and longer spells of rain northern and western oarts of scotland, the odd shower for northern ireland, northern england and maybe wales. further south and east, more in the way of dry weather, some spells of sunshine and generally speaking, the pattern is further showers to become fewer and further between, 15 to 23 degrees. that pattern continues on tuesday, there will be some showers but not too many, large amounts of cloud but equally some spells of sunshine but again the temperature between 15 and 22 degrees. as we head deeper into the week, it looks like this area of high pressure will start to establish itself a little more firmly, across southern parts of the uk initially but tending to drift further north as well. the outlook brings dry and increasingly warm weather. further north, some rain for a time but even here, it should

turn drier and warmer.

hello this is bbc news with nancy kacungira. the headlines... there are warnings of further disruption for air travellers this summer, with more flights set to be cancelled in the coming weeks at heathrow — the uk's busiest airport. the conservative mp, chris pincher, who is under investigation for allegedly groping two men says he's seeking "professional medical support" and hopes to return to his duties as an mp "as soon as possible".

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