further questions for boris johnson as new allegations about the behaviour of mp chris pincher emerge. the tamworth mp resigned from the government on thursday after admitting drinking too much and now says he's seeking medical treatment. a number of sunday newspapers have allegations of mr pincher making unwanted advances on other men, which he denies. also on the programme. gunfire russia says it's now in full control of the entire luhansk region in eastern ukraine. life—threatening floods hit australia's biggest city sydney as tens of thousands are told to leave their homes. the british grand prix

is halted on the first lap after a huge crash — fortunately no one is seriously injured. these wonderful wimbledon champions! and wimbledon serves up it's sunday best — as champions past and present celebrate 100 years of centre court. good afternoon. borisjohnson is facing fresh questions about how much he knew when he appointed chris pincher as deputy chief whip in february after a series of fresh allegations about his behaviour emerged. the tamworth mp resigned from the government on thursday, after he was accused of groping two men in a private members�* club the night before.

mr pincher, who admits that he'd had too much to drink, says he's now seeking professional help. he denies the latest claims which are made in a number of sunday newspapers. here's our political correspondent damian grammaticas. for borisjohnson, new scrutiny about his decision to appoint chris pincher, one of his most loyal supporters, to the powerful post of deputy chief whip. mr pincher resigned that post after the events here at the carlton club on wednesday, accused of publicly groping two men. he said he had drunk far too much and embarrassed himself and others. this weekend has brought six more allegations. all are denied by mr pincher. three are that he made similar unwanted advances to fellow mps, one in a bar in parliament, one in his private office. in february, when mr pincher was made whip, one of those mps contacted downing street to relay his concerns. downing street has said that at the time, borisjohnson was not aware of any specific allegations, something repeated

by a minister today. so how can you be sure that he didn't know about the allegations? well, i'm saying that i've been informed this morning he did not know about specific allegations, as has been well reported. people who spoke to him on friday and in agreement with the chief whip, the whip was removed from chris pincher, who, by the way, is now under a formal investigation process. and it's important that process is allowed to happen. so i'm still not clear, who has told you that the prime minister, and who has told you with certainty the prime minister didn't know about the allegations? somebody from the number 10 press office. so the number 10 press office says categorically that he didn't know about them? well, as i say, i've been, as usual, one gets briefed on a wide variety of topics when you come onto a show like this today, and that's what i've been informed. dominic cummings, former aide, now bitter critic of mrjohnson, has weighed in, saying long before appointing mr pincher, mrjohnson had laughingly referred to him as "pincher by name, pincher by nature."

asked if that was true, downing street has remained silent. no denial issued. i don't think they've taken these things seriously. i think they've made decisions which they shouldn't have made. i can't believe some of the things that are in the papers today about what the prime minister may have personally been aware of before he made decisions like this. but all of politics suffers. for his part, mr pincher has this weekend said, "the stresses of the last few days, coming on top of those over the last several months have made me accept i will benefit from professional medical support." chris pinter has made clear he does not intend to resign from parliament but has agreed to stay away while the independent investigation happens. meanwhile, borisjohnson�*sjudgment and the culture he oversees are both once again being questioned. damian grammaticas, bbc news. russia says it's taken control of the eastern city of lysychansk with president putin informed of its capture. ukraine has yet to coment on the claims, but if true it

would give russia control of the luhansk region. meanwhile russia says it shot down a number of missiles aimed at the city of belgorod on its side of the border with ukraine. let's speak to our correspondent sarah rainsford in kyiv. how much of this can we verify? we have 'ust how much of this can we verify? - have just heard on the last three minutes from president zelensky who said it is impossible to say that lysychansk said it is impossible to say that lysycha nsk is said it is impossible to say that lysychansk is under full russian control. he said the situation there was still dangerous and difficult and there was still be fighting on the outskirts of the city but we have seen those videos of russian fighters walking through parts of lysychansk and it was the defence minister project we informed vladimir putin that the whole region of luhansk had been liberated as he put it which is a pretty bold claim if he wasn't sure. this is a key moment i think that is coming close. it is an important moment because russia has always talked about liberating the entirety of the donbas region, liberating it says of

course, ukraine website occupying. that moment has expanded. there has been heavy shelling beyond the luhansk region, in the donetsk region, the hotel i was in in the 90s invasion began has now been destroyed by missile strikes and there has been deadly strikes inside russia itself as the project is accusing ukraine firing missiles into russian territory, it shot those down the fragments that killed civilians on the ground in russia. ukraine has denied that though. sarah, thank you very much. the chief executive of the uk health security agency, damejenny harries, has warned that the number of people being admitted to hospital with covid is expected to rise further. the latest uk figures show that infectionsjumped by more than half a million in a week. 0ur health editor hugh pym is here. hugh — what more did we learn today? i think the significance of this is this is the head of uk health security agency, damejenny harries

giving her assessment of where we are with covid, and she is acknowledging that there is another wave at a moment and that it is not finished and she is saying if you look at the numbers, she didn't give a timeframe on this, but it could well be more in hospital with covid than there were back in march. that was a previous peak, around 16,500, currently around 9000 in hospital now, so it is warning it could be higher because it is fuelled by these new variants of the variant 0micron which spread more rapidly. it has to be said, if you look at hospital numbers they are not all by any means people who have gone on primarily because of go with, a certain number have other conditions and then tested positive, but it does put more pressure on the nhs and nhs providers representing rustling and have said this means there will be a bumpy ride over the coming months, with existing pressure already there on the nhs, damejenny harries also warned the flu season may come earlier in the

autumn as well as another covid wave, so certainly rather a cautionary note from her today. thank you. tens of thousands of people have been told to leave their homes in sydney, following torrential rain and flash flooding in australia's largest city. up to 35 centimetres of rain have hit certain areas. the emergency services minister for new south wales says the situation is "life—threatening". the government's spending watchdog is to review borisjohnson�*s pledge to build a0 new hospitals by 2030 — to see if it still represents good value for money given spiralling inflation. details of the national audit office review first emerged in a letter to the shadow health secretary, wes streeting. but the department of health and social care insists the plan is on track to deliver a0 new hospitals by 2030. now, the eye—watering cost of fuel is hitting drivers and business alike. its impact is being felt even more accutely in rural communities. there is rural fuel duty relief —

a government subsidy cutting five pence off a litre — but it's only available in a handful of remote areas in england and scotland, and not in northern ireland or wales. and with a litre of unleaded hitting a new average high of over £1.91, there are calls for the government to do more, as hywel griffith has been finding out in wales. this is linda's office. her car roams the roads of rural west wales, clocking up 1,000 miles a month so she can care for people in their own homes. it's a lifeline for her community... you 0k, ian? ..in one of the most remote areas of britain, but it comes at a rising cost. even with a mileage allowance from her employer, linda says she now spends half of her wages on fuel. i will have to leave this job, and i would hate to, i would really hate to. we don't have enough staff,

i don't think any care company has enough staff, and they're going to leave. there is a government scheme to bring down the cost of petrol and diesel in remote places. rural fuel duty relief is only available in a handful of postcodes in england and scotland, and nowhere at all in wales or northern ireland. it's meant to compensate for the cost of getting fuel to remote forecourts, not the extra miles people drive in the countryside. the treasury says every driver in the uk has already benefited from the fuel duty cut in march. there's another garage, he's below £2. but nick says he has not felt the benefit. the cost of fuelling his cabs has risen 50% in the last six months and, after holding out, this month he has put up his prices. don't like it. i feel i'm letting people down. i don't like doing it, but i've got to, because otherwise next week i won't be here.

0h, you've grown it more now. robin has already put up her prices and doesn't feel she can do it again, so this mobile hairdresser now stays at home. most of her customers now drive to her. for the time being, with the costs of the fuel, and everything else going up, in working more from home i'm not putting that price up for the clients. what did you do there? the cost of fuel has driven inflation across the uk but in some of its most rural communities it risks changing lives and livelihoods for good. hywel griffith, bbc news, ceredigion. now with all the day's sport — and there's been a lot of it — here's sarah mulkerrins at the bbc sport centre.

thanks. there was a major crash at the start of the british grand prix at silverstone — the worst seen in formula 1for some time. the race was stopped after this collision sent the alfa romeo of zhou guanyu flipping over — the halo safety device again proving its worth. the chinese driver was taken to the medical centre but he's reported to have suffered no significant injuries. george russell was also involved in the crash and ran to check on zhou, but the mercedes driver wasn't allowed to restart as he received mechanical assistance. carlos sainz leads with six laps to go. centre court marked its centenary year with a parade of champions this afternoon. and home fans were also hoping they would see two britons make it through to the quarterfinals. 0ur sports correspondentjoe wilson was watching. announcer: billie jean king! before play, that door kept opening to history... bjorn borg! ..to mark centre court's centenary. roger federer! a roll call of winners, the most—famous.

they congregated in a unique assembly of champions. then they acknowledged the final wimbledon for sue barker. goodness, who could possibly follow all of that? the pride of the channel islands, over to you, heather watson. she's at the top of the screen in a rally here against germany'sjule niemeier, which summed up the first set. watson chased and raced, trying to make the most of her first—ever fourth—round match, but ultimately... 0h! yeah. first set to niemeier, 6—2. watson could neither outrun her 22—year—old opponent, nor outthink her. all those past champions were watching a rising star, no question. jule niemeier, in herfirst wimbledon, is through to the quarterfinals. 6—4 in the second set, and then a nice touch for the crowd. i just want to say sorry that i had to kick out a british player today. ah, well, she fully

deserved her win. but what gathered above wimbledon then was the sunday reality — one british player left in the singles. he's on the baseline, about to unleash a forehand. that's phenomenal. cameron norrie, against america's tommy paul, a player ranked below him, an opponent he knows well. norrie took the first set 6—4, and cautious confidence rippled through court number one. a few nerves are starting to creep into the play, but cameron norrie is about to try and serve for the second set at 6—5. just to confirm if you're wondering why we here? play on the middle sunday is now a wimbledon fixture. studio: wonderful to hear. england's cricketers have work to do, if they're to save the rearranged fifth test against india at edgbaston. despite another century from johnny bairstow, england are trailing by almost 200 runs, with india 66—2 in their second innings.

patrick gearey reports. the score when england went out to bat this morning was 84—5. but these days they don't get intimidated by things like scores. instead they clear mines and a possible boundary is. carpe diem cricket. the approach led by ben stokes relies on instinct and sometimes a lot. but the problem with luck is that it has a habit of changing suddenly. one ball later, stokes out for 25. that is how we play they say, and instinct is serving jonny bairstow well. this is a man in the form of his life, seemingly able to hit the ball where he wants india to powerless to stop him. a century, is third in three tests. he embodies the new england but it cannot be down to him alone. on 106 he was sent on his way, with luck. and for some with regret because england were still 175 runs

behind at that stage. the improved opposition slightly before being bowled out but india went back into bed with a big lead. england needed wickets fast. that is wherejimmy anderson comes in. should guild bowed out. but india's bettors have the skill to make this increasingly awkward when it comes to england's final innings. there will be a few at edgbaston peering nervously at the score. patrick gearey, bbc news. there's more on the bbc sport website but that's all from me for now. that's it for the moment. the next news on bbc one is at10:00pm. bye for now. translation: this food crisis is beinu translation: this food crisis is being used _ translation: this food crisis is being used for— translation: this food crisis is being used for a _ translation: this food crisis is being used for a variety - translation: this food crisis is being used for a variety of- being used for a variety of purposes _ being used for a variety of purposes. not _ being used for a variety of purposes. not only- being used for a variety of purposes. not only for. being used for a variety of- purposes. not only for propaganda, but to— purposes. not only for propaganda, but to clear — purposes. not only for propaganda, but to clear ukraine's _ purposes. not only for propaganda, but to clear ukraine's name - purposes. not only for propaganda, but to clear ukraine's name and, i but to clear ukraine's name and, once _ but to clear ukraine's name and, once again. _ but to clear ukraine's name and, once again, blame _ but to clear ukraine's name and, once again, blame everything. but to clear ukraine's name and, once again, blame everything on moscow — once again, blame everything on moscow but, _ once again, blame everything on moscow. but, if— once again, blame everything on moscow. but, if you _ once again, blame everything on moscow. but, if you listen- once again, blame everything on moscow. but, if you listen to, i once again, blame everything on| moscow. but, if you listen to, for example. — moscow. but, if you listen to, for example. boris_ moscow. but, if you listen to, for example, borisjohnson, - moscow. but, if you listen to, for example, borisjohnson, and- moscow. but, if you listen to, for example, borisjohnson, and hisl example, borisjohnson, and his foreign— example, borisjohnson, and his foreign secretary, _ example, borisjohnson, and his foreign secretary, they - example, borisjohnson, and his foreign secretary, they are - example, borisjohnson, and his. foreign secretary, they are clearly trying _ foreign secretary, they are clearly trying to _ foreign secretary, they are clearly trying to create _ foreign secretary, they are clearly trying to create conditions - foreign secretary, they are clearly trying to create conditions to - foreign secretary, they are clearly trying to create conditions to find i trying to create conditions to find a pretext— trying to create conditions to find a pretext for— trying to create conditions to find a pretext for the _ trying to create conditions to find a pretext for the royal— trying to create conditions to find a pretext for the royal navy- trying to create conditions to find a pretext for the royal navy to l a pretext for the royal navy to infiltrate — a pretext for the royal navy to infiltrate the _ a pretext for the royal navy to infiltrate the black _ a pretext for the royal navy to infiltrate the black sea - a pretext for the royal navy to infiltrate the black sea and - a pretext for the royal navy to . infiltrate the black sea and begin the entire — infiltrate the black sea and begin the entire process— infiltrate the black sea and begin the entire process of— infiltrate the black sea and begin the entire process of releasing i the entire process of releasing grain— the entire process of releasing grain from _ the entire process of releasing grain from the _ the entire process of releasing grain from the ports _ the entire process of releasing grain from the ports which - the entire process of releasingl grain from the ports which have the entire process of releasing - grain from the ports which have been mined _ grain from the ports which have been mined by— grain from the ports which have been mined by the — grain from the ports which have been mined by the ukrainians— grain from the ports which have been mined by the ukrainians and - grain from the ports which have been mined by the ukrainians and which i mined by the ukrainians and which the ukrainians— mined by the ukrainians and which the ukrainians are _ mined by the ukrainians and which the ukrainians are bound - mined by the ukrainians and which the ukrainians are bound to - mined by the ukrainians and which .

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this is bbc news with samanthan simmons. let's go back to one of our main stories this afternoon — the russian defence ministry says its troops have gained control of the eastern ukrainian region of luhansk. russia also says it shot down a number of missiles aimed at the city of belgorod on its side of the border with ukraine. earlier i spoke tojustine crump, the ceo of sibylline, an international intelligence and risk analysis consultancy. a big claim to make every russia wasn't pretty sure the situation, while any battle is always confusing, we talk of the fog of war the lack of clarity, and the donbas has had more than its fair share of that, the are pretty confident in all their internal and external comms that they have achieved not only via capture of lysychansk but also the complete capture of luhansk oblast completely, one of their aims, and the one they have always been closest to achieving,

and we have expected this development for some since severodonetsk fell and the pressure towards the encircling of lysychansk began around a week ago. we are about 77 days into this and this is the first thing that the russians have achieved in the donbas. what does this mean for the wider region, in the context of the russian aims and goals? this is something that the russians could accept as a victory, that they could sell internally, if they captured the rest of donetsk oblast, which will be a bigger task and what they have achieved. russia started square are trying to take big chunks of ukraine and they have gone down and down and finally seem to have captured this small bit at the end of the salient in donbas. if you have a much bigger struggle with the cities further to the west, severonetsk and kramatorsk. it is important to note, there are falling back

from lysychansk and when they came back, they came back in very good order, they weren't chased out, not driven out, they weren't crushed by the russian forces, they were steadily moved back. that's a hard thing to do in war. though russia is not generating the pressure on ukraine that indicates the ukrainian front is about to collapse so we will see more fighting with russia losing its momentum as ukraine builds up, as we have seen in the last few weeks. ukraine make the point they are being strategic and having places withdrawn to then regroup and go back to try and retake an area again and they have been successful in doing this over this war? in the donbas conflict, it is so important to russia and russia will keep the pressure on and will keep advancing, but the expenditure russia is having to make to do those advances, it's beginning to bleed them out. i think they are increasingly

using older equipment, older soldiers, having to find volunteers from strange places to keep flushing out the ranks, their attacks remain amateur, though not managing to build up theirforces. although ukraine are losing ground because there are heavily outnumbered and facing a large weight of artillery in particular, they're being clever about how to strike back. of the trend favours ukraine over time with continued western support. russia is in a race to maintain its combat power. the point is that russia at some point will peak and not have the ability to advance any more, the question is when will that come? was to achieve what they need to achieve in donetsk before they are pushed on the back foot by ukraine again? that all depends on western support, which is why been talking so much about it and why the nato summit was so important this week. ukraine's ambassador to turkey says customs officials have seized a russian cargo ship carrying ukrainian grain. the kremlin has rejected claims of theft — saying russia is exporting goods

from territory it controls. russia's foreign minister sergey lavrov said he believes that the uk is trying to find grounds and create conditions for the uk's royal navy to enter the black sea and lead the process of releasing grain from ukraine. translation: this food crisis is being used - for a variety of purposes. not only for propaganda, but to clear ukraine's - name and, once again, - blame everything on moscow. but, if you listen to, - for example, borisjohnson, and his foreign secretary, - they are clearly trying to create conditions to find a pretext. for the royal navy to infiltrate the black sea and begin the entire process of releasing grain - from the ports which have been mined by the ukrainians and which _ the ukrainians are bound to demine. at least six people have died after a section of glacier fell onto a group of mountaineers in the italian alps. eight others were injured in the incident on the slopes of marmolada. the area has seen unusually hot weather in recent days.

15 hikers were in the area at the time and there are fears that the death toll may rise. helicopters and search teams of dogs are looking for survivors. —— search teams with dogs. the metropolitan police has said no further action will be taken at this time following an allegation of sexual assault against the glasgow north mp patrick grady. of sexual assault against officers said they carried out enquiries, including speaking to the alleged victim. mr grady suspended his snp membership as a result of the investigation. he was previously suspended from parliament for two days, after he was found to have made a sexual advance to a teenage member of staff. the government's spending watchdog is to review borisjohnson's pledge to build a0 new hospitals by 2030 — to see if it still represents good value for money, given spiralling inflation. details of the national audit office review first emerged in a letter to the shadow health secretary, wes streeting. but the department of health and social care insists the plan is on track to deliver a0 new hospitals by 2030. saffron cordery is interim chief executive of nhs providers, which represents

hospitals and trusts across england. i asked her if the government's pledge was still on schedule. we know there have been some real challenges with the progress of the new hospitals programme and many trusts are behind schedule because they haven't been given the go—ahead to get building. i think we have to put this in the context of wider challenges for the nhs, in terms of investment in bricks and mortar and investment in its infrastructure, but the expenditure to date has been woefully lacking. things like estates maintenance and backlog are already at £9.2 billion worth needs to be done, and that's just for repairs and maintenance. then we have this whole programme that we are waiting to see delivered and we haven't yet seen sufficient funding or the right time frames come forward to deliver it. who is responsible for these delays and this lack of funding allowing

progress to be made? we know many of the schemes within the programme had previously been given the go—ahead but the idea behind the programme was to bring all projects together to help them consolidate what they were doing and also to bring forward things like modern methods of construction, which should be more sustainable and actually more cost—efficient. however, we know programme a whole, and things like investment, has been lagging behind because there have been delays and those delays sit between the treasury, the department of health and social care and number 10. so the government has made these promises but not been quick enough in providing the cash needed to fulfil them? they haven't given the reassurance that cash will be there to fulfil them. what we also have to remember is, later this year, the government is due to give the go—ahead for a further eight schemes.

so, we will go from a0 schemes to a8 schemes but it seems challenging at the moment understand how they will afford those when we know there are particular pressures for the budgets of those that are fairly well along the track for delivery. that must be frustrating for you, do you welcome the national audit review? absolutely, it is always good to see the national audit office looking at public expenditure because they have that laser—like focus on what is going on, so we look forward to seeing what comes out of that. but in the meantime, we know trusts are really challenged and many of them are what we call shovel—ready and ready to go, just waiting for the go—ahead. one of post—war britain's leading theatre directors, peter brook, has died in paris at the age of 97. peter brook's early stage career ranged from radical interpretations of shakespeare to broadway musicals. his best—known film was lord of the flies, released in 1963. sarah campbell looks

back on his life. i know a bank where the wild thyme blows, where oxlips and the nodding violet grows... a midsummer night's dream on trapezes, surely not? yet those who saw the royal shakespeare company's 1970 production thought it brilliant. what better way to capture the strangeness of shakespeare's playful comedy of dreams, fairies and love? peter brook had been directing for 20 years — always original, always challenging. he had flourished in the �*60s and �*70s, one of thousands of artists who rebelled against the old conventions. how are you today? then, controversially, he turned his back on english theatre. at the bouffes du nord, a former music hall in paris, he created an international company of actors. they toured the globe, performing in africa and australia.

with them, brook produced work that fused many different theatrical traditions, like a nine—hour version of the hindu epic, the mahabharata. the theatricality of theatre is that one group is telling a story to the other and there is this intimate relationship which must never be broken, and a complete shared understanding that, of course, it's not for real. to many, he was the greatest theatre director of the 20th century, a man whose talent crossed continents and cultures to create memorable and magical work. peter brook, who had died at the age of 97. time for a look at the weather with lucy martin. hello there. broadly speaking, today is a day of sunny spells and showers. the showers generally in the west, pushing east through the afternoon. here is the pressure chart, high pressure to the southwest, low pressure in the north, so blustery in scotland,

particularly the north, through the day. the temperatures in the high teens, low 20s. through tonight, showers fading away across england and wales, we continue to see a flow of showers on that blustery wind across scotland, northern ireland, into northern england and the far north of wales into the early hours. temperatures generally sitting at an overnight low of eight celsius. tomorrow, a band of cloud sitting across northern england and north wales, bringing the odd, isolated shower. that slips south quickly, increasing cloud for a time but then sunny spells behind it. across scotland, northern ireland and northern england, some showers but fewer than today, remaining windy in the far north with temperatures at a maximum of 23 celsius.

hello this is bbc news. the headlines... six new claims of inappropriate behaviour by former deputy chief whip chris pincher have emerged — days after he was suspended as a tory mp after allegations he groped two men. russia says it now controls the whole of the luhansk region in eastern ukraine — but ukrainian officials say they can't confirm the reports. thousands of residents in australia's largest city, sydney, have been ordered to evacuate their homes after torrential rain and flash flooding. now on bbc news, the media show. social media, anti—social media, breaking news, faking news: this is the programme

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