welcome to bbc news. i'm rich preston. our top stories: a standoff between the world's richest man and twitter as elon musk says he wants to pull out of his $40 billion deal to buy the company. president biden signs an executive order — he says to help safeguard american women's access to abortion. what we are witnessing wasn't a constitutionaljudgement, it was an exercise in raw political power. tributes are paid to the formerjapanese prime minister shinzo abe after his assassination. the tech war in ukraine — we follow ukrainian forces trying to hold back russian troops with drones. the sound of aircraft, they

told the ukrainian soldiers to cover under the trees. russians are flying over the positions trying to spot where they are. and novak djokovic reaches another wimbledon final beating britain's cameron norrie. welcome to our viewers on pbs in america and around the globe. twitter and elon musk are in an extraordinary standoff over his more than $40 billion deal to buy the social media company. the world's richest man wants to pull out of the deal, claiming he's not recieved the data he asked for about the number of fake or spam accounts on the platform. but twitter�*s board says it will sue mr musk to enforce the deal. shares of twitter fell 6% in extended trading over the news. here's our north america technology reporterjames

clayton. elon musk is essentially saying that when he put that offer in he thought that there were more users that actually used twitter than there actually are. to be fair, there are a lot of spam accounts on twitter. they say they delete 1 million bots a day from twitter. elon musk says he bought something underfalse bought something under false pretenses bought something underfalse pretenses and there were way more active users on twitter than there are. as a result of that, you breached the contract and as a result that i am pulling up. twitter is saying no, we told you all of this information, we have given you all the information you need and you are now in breach of this contract. we want to carry on with this deal. it is a good dealfor us. and we on with this deal. it is a good deal for us. and we will see you in the us courts. so as you say, an absolute stand—off between twitter and elon musk. to be honest, elon musk, it looked like he was trying to get out of the deal for weeks. this is the final confirmation of him trying to do that and it

is now down to very, very expensive lawyers to transgress this up. people have been sceptical because the price that he offered for twitter was much more than many thought twitter was worth. the sharemarket — the share price for twitter has gone down significant since then, which it has done for many other textures. was it a good deal? tesla's share price, also owned by elon musk, hasn't gone well. many shareholders are upset with elon musk for doing this. his vast wealth is tied up in tesla. if tesla is doing badly it really hurts elon musk. many people are speculating that he was looking for a way to pull out of this deal. it isn't really about bots or spam accounts, but about elon musk trying to get out of something that he agreed to. but the problem is he has already put pen to paper so it might be more difficult than he might have anticipated to actually get out of this deal. he says he loves twitter and is a prominent twitter user. he loves free speech and felt the

twitter had lost its way. so he said this had nothing to do the financials, particularly, but about a product that he loved that had lost its way and that he was a free—speech absolutist, i think he said, and that he wanted to kind of protect free speech on twitter. the problem with that as it is a slightly naive thing to say because then he couldn't really define what free—speech was to him, how it was going to be moderated. he said it would be down to the laws in different countries. that is in protecting free—speech, then. it then got very difficult for elon musk. a lot of criticism. he may have thought, you know what, it isn't worth it, i have bitten off more than i can chew. the deal is less good financially they begin to look and i would rather get out of it. this way of saying there are all of these spam accounts on twitter is the best way for elon musk to do that. we don't know what is going on in elon musk�*s headbutt that is certainly what a lot of people are speculating on twitter.

president biden has signed an executive order which he says will help safeguard women's access to abortion. it's in response to the supreme court overturning the landmark ruling that made the procedure legal across the united states. speaking at the white house, mr biden condemned the judge's decision. what we are witnessing wasn't a constitutionaljudgement. it was an ex— —— exercise of raw power. i medically on the reasoning of the court that there is no constitutional right to choose only — the only way to fulfil and restore that right for women in this country is by voting and exercising the power at the ballot box. let me explain. we need to additional pro—choice senators and a pro—choice senators and a pro—choice house to make roe federal law. your boat can make that a reality. let's get the latest — make that a reality. let's get the latest on _ make that a reality. let's get the latest on this _ make that a reality. let's get the latest on this from - make that a reality. let's get the latest on this from our.

the latest on this from our correspondent in washington. rianna croxford, tell us more about what is in executive order. measures that intend to help and protect access to abortion services. the three main takeaways. firstly it looks to expand access to medication abortions, so the pills you can get any post. it also looks to ensure access to emergency medical care and contraception. thirdly it also looks to offered legal protections to abortion providers and those seeking abortions out of state. now, it is still unclear at this stage just how this will play out in practical terms. the order isn't that specific. no doubt president biden will face pushback at state level. we're still just seeing the fallout of roe v wade. at least nine states have banned outright abortion. and essentially president biden�*s hands are tied. he can't overturn the

decision of the supreme court. he can't put in the federal law to restore abortion because congress is so divided. really his message here is if you are angry, if you are upset, if you care, go out and cast your vote in the midterm elections this november if you want to see change. november if you want to see chance. , , november if you want to see chance. , ., _ november if you want to see chance. , ., change. this is obviously an incredibly — change. this is obviously an incredibly divisive _ change. this is obviously an incredibly divisive topic - change. this is obviously an incredibly divisive topic in l incredibly divisive topic in the united states. what is the response been so far to this executive order? anti-abortion . rou -s executive order? anti-abortion grouns have — executive order? anti-abortion groups have criticised - groups have criticised president biden, saying he is acting against the supreme court's ruling. pro—choice group separated saying it is a much—needed first step. but there are still those who are calling for more substantial action. we can't forget how we got to this moment. it comes off the back of weeks of pressure. president biden has been under pressure from his own party to do more. but they will be nearly impossible to achieve considering that congress is so divided. so really president biden public message here, especially to the 40 million women affected by

the roe v wade decision, is to guide and cast your votes, and no doubt this will be a very big issue on the ballot box this november.— big issue on the ballot box this november. thank you very much. let's get some of the day's other news. officials in indian—administered kashmir say at least 13 hindu pilgrims have died and dozens are missing in a flash flood triggered by a cloudburst near the amarnath cave shrine. a torrent of water rushed through the mountains inundating a base camp set up for hundreds of worhippers. reports say around 40 people are unaccounted for. a major network outage at one of canada's biggest telecom operators has caused chaos. banking, transport and government services have all been disrupted for millions. even the emergency services were affected. there's been heavy criticism of the country's reliance on a single communications operator. and, here in the uk, sir mark roley has been named as the new commissioner of london's metropolitan police. he succeeds dame cressida dick.

sir mark said he was "deeply honoured" to be appointed to the role. his predessor dame cressida dick was forced to resign earlier this year. world leaders have reacted with shock to the assassination of the formerjapanese prime minister shinzo abe. presidentjoe biden said he was "stunned, outraged, and deeply saddened" and india's prime minister narendra modi declared a day of national mourning. mr abe was shot dead in the street while giving an election speech. his attacker was a former member of the japanese navy. these are the latest pictures from japan as people pay tribute to mr abe who was his country's longest—serving prime minister. rupert wingfield—hayes reports. this was shinzo abe this morning, standing on a street corner, rallying support for his party in sunday's parliamentary elections. lurking a few metres away, this man was caught on camera by a local tv crew. then suddenly, two very loud bangs rang out.

gunshots mr abe's bodyguards are on the assailant in seconds. lying on the street, a strange looking gun made of steel pipes, and held together with black tape. the former prime minister is flown to a nearby hospital, but the news is bad. he has been hit in the back and neck, and his heart has stopped. this is where mr abe was brought, and this is where doctors worked for hours to try and save his life, and it was from here, at a little after five this evening, that we got the news that mr abe had died. tonight, the whole ofjapan is in shock. there have been political assassinations here before, but nothing like this, certainly not in more than half a century. "i was really shocked," this lady says. "i never thought a gun would be used.

"using a gun injapan? "i've never heard of this. "it seems guns are becoming more common." her husband says. "that makes me feel very sad." back in tokyo, prime minister fumio kishida could barely hold back the tears, as he went before the media. "i prayed that somehow his life would be spared," he says, "but unfortunately he has gone. "this is a terrible day, i have no words." this evening police began searching the suspect�*s home, reportedly finding more home—made firearms, but no clear motive. from around the world, the tributes have been pouring from presidentjoe biden to borisjohnson, and mr abe's old golfing partner, donald trump. shinzo abe certainly had his detractors, too, not the least of which was china's president xijinping.

but he broughtjapan and america closer together than ever before. he championed free trade in the pacific, and served his country longer than any other leader. for that, he will be remembered. rupert wingfield—hayes, bbc news, in nara, western japan. stay with us on bbc news. still to come: it's going to be an eighth wimbledon finalfor novak djokovic as he beats british number one cameron norrie on centre court. central london has been rocked by a series of terrorist attacks. police say there have been many casualties, and there is growing speculation that al-qaeda was responsible. germany will be the hosts of the 2006 football world cup. they've pipped the favourites, south africa, by a single vote.

in south africa, the - possibility of losing hadn't even been contemplated. celebration parties were cancelled. i a man entered the palace through a downstairs window and made his way to the queen's private bedroom. then, he asked her for a cigarette. and, on the pretext of arranging for some to be brought, summoned a footman on duty, who took the man away. one child... ..0ne teacher... ..0ne book... ..and one pen can change the world. education is the only solution. applause this is bbc news, the latest headlines: a standoff between the world's richest man and twitter, as elon musk says he wants to pull out of his

$40 billion deal to buy the company. president biden signs an executive order to help safeguard american women's access to abortion. russian forces are continuing their heavy shelling of towns and villages in eastern ukraine, in preparation for an expected new offensive to seize more territory. russia already occupies large areas of the south and east of the country and are pushing forward in the donetsk region. the latest russian target is the city of slovyansk. from there, jonathan beale sent this report. near the front line, close to the city of slovyansk, ukrainian troops prepare to target russian positions. they know this next battle will be crucial. i think that slovyansk is the next big aim for russians. distant explosions. do you think you can stop putin? sure. you can? we will, we will. blasts of artillery,

the familiar sounds of this war, but there's also a quieter, harder—to—see battle involving drones and electronic warfare, jamming and tracking signals. the russians have a lot of stuff for blocking the drones, for blocking the signal with remote control, with the camera and so on. it's also a dangerous game of hide—and—seek, as we soon found out. aircraft whirrs we're just hearing some sound of aircraft. they've told us, the ukrainian soldiers here, to take cover under the trees. russians are flying over these positions, trying to spot where they are. it's a... russian�*s. they've been using drones, small, cheap ones to spot enemy positions and direct artillery. they've already lost five.

but they believe they're getting results. back at base, they're even making their own bombs to target the russians. we have three or four mortars, one tank, maybe up to 100 soldier and five or six ammunition. yeah, yeah. so, we have good results for the ten people! the russians aren'tjust tracking their drones, they're also trying to jam communications. but us technology's helping overcome that. at another secret location, they're using one of the thousands of starlink satellite units provided by elon musk. elon musk. "russia, hello?" the other western name as popular among ukrainian troops is �*boris johnson'. but even though he'll soon be gone, there's still hope that britain will continue to back ukraine.

translation: now we're - defending western values here. modernising our army and providing sufficient weapons will bring peace to your country, to you in britain. russia's already targeting the city of slovyansk. it still outguns ukraine and has the advantage in electronic warfare. home—grown ingenuity and western support is making a difference. but is it sufficient to halt the russian advance? jonathan beale, bbc news, the donbas. russia has vetoed a un security council issued to keep a crucial border crossing to syria open. the authorisation is due to expire on sunday. it has been in effect since 2014.

aid agencies and engineers say it risks putting billy as a people into starvation. the list of potential candidates to succeed borisjohnson as leader of the conservative party and become the next british prime minister has grown. rishi sunak, who resigned as finance minister on tuesday, says he wants the job. but many conservative mps are calling for borisjohnson to leave downing street immediately. 0ur political correspondent alex forsyth has the latest. the leadership race is on. will you be standing for the leadership? though this morning, potential candidates were keeping quiet. are you going to be the next prime minister? no answer first thing from the former chancellor. then this afternoon, there was this. i'm standing to be the next leader of the conservative party and your prime minister. rishi sunak, one of the first to quit borisjohnson�*s government, today launched a slick campaign on social media for his job. he's not the only one. tom tugendhat�*s announced he'd run this morning. the attorney general, suella braverman, has already thrown her hat in. the possible contenders

are piling up — some familiar, some less so. they'll be courting supporters, weighing their chances, and preparing their campaigns. and while some want a quick contest to replace the prime minister, others say it's got to be thorough if the party's to rebuild. the conservative party has a choice. it can fall into fractious infighting, whoever leads it, or it can try and get behind the new leader and prepare for the general election, a general election which, by the way, may be beyond any leader winning given the state of the economy and what's happened over the past few weeks and months. it's in here the first decisions will be made. mps whittle down the longlist to just two candidates. then, in theory, it's up to party members, though some have suggested that process could be cut out. not an idea welcomed by these young conservatives from around the country. there is more to a party than just what happens in westminster. us people at grassroots level

are the ones who perhaps feel the wrath on the doorstep a lot more than those in westminster. to restore the faith in the government, i want to see more integrity, more honesty from leaders. and i don't know, if you don't pass that onto members who are voting, whether you will get that. better to take a bit longer and have i to sort of work something out in the meantime than choosel quickly and choose wrong. westminster has calmed after the high drama of yesterday, but away from the microphones, there is still manoeuvring. borisjohnson�*s been clear — he's staying on as prime minister until a new party leader's chosen, even though some of his critics want him to go sooner. number 10 says it will keep things running, but it won't announce new policy or make big economic decisions. so, the man in the highest office has only limited power. for now, though, he remains in residence behind the famous black door, while his party wrangles over what and who comes next. alex forsyth, bbc news, westminster.

michel platini and sepp blatter, who were once in charge of world and european football, have been cleared of corruption by a court in switzerland. prosecutors failed to prove that a payment of £1.6million — nearly $2 million — made to platini by the former fifa boss blatter had been illegal. both men insisted the money was payment for advisory work. our sports editor dan roan reports. once the most powerful man in football, sepp blatter arriving at a swiss court earlier, the former fifa president denying wrongdoing ahead of the verdict in his trialforfraud. i am not innocent in life, but in this case i am innocent. also in court, the man once favourite to succeed blatter, co—defendant and former uefa president michel platini. the two men were accused of an unlawful payment of £1.6 million between fifa and platini in 2011. they said it was backdated pay for advisory work the former french footballing legend had done a decade earlier.

a panel ofjudges today ruling the pair's account of a gentlemen�*s agreement was credible, and that doubts existed about the prosecution's claim it was a bribe linked to a blatter re—election bid — both men acquitted. it'sjustice, but it's a victory for me, definitely. in the case of myjob, my work, 44 years working in fifa, for me, it's so important. it's so important that this case has been settled on the highest swiss level. the payment had emerged amid the corruption scandal that engulfed fifa in 2015, an fbi investigation sparking blatter�*s downfall, with both men then kicked out of football in disgrace, and charged by the swiss authorities. platini, a man who both captained and coached his country, telling me afterwards how much it meant to have been cleared. so fifa never believed me. but the tribunal is a normal tribunal, they trust me and it's a great victory for me. despite his 17—year reign over an organisation that became defined by corruption, this case marked the first time that blatter had faced criminal charges. and the verdict

here today will be a major blow to the swiss authorities who must now decide whether to appeal. dan roan, bbc news, in bellinzona. tennis now, and novak djokovic is heading for his eighth wimbledon final. he beat the british number one cameron norrie on centre court. 0ur sports presenter chethan pathak has been watching all the action. time and time again, when you think this could be the day that novak djokovic is beaten, he finds a way to power through. for the first set taken by britain's cameron norrie, 6—2, the fans behind me and the british fans on centre court really believed an upset was on the cards. cam norrie's development has been extraordinary, playing just for the first time in his career in the second week of a grand slam. he showed us that brilliant leftie serve, the topspin forehand, that dead backhand that he's got that is flat and perfect for this service. it was causing djokovic all kinds of problems he couldn't deal with. but the defending champion, as he so often does,

took a breath, reset, reconfigured and won the second, third and fourth set to reach an eighth wimbledon final trying to win his seventh title here. the numbers are extraordinary. it's a 32nd grand slam final for djokovic. he's hoping to win 21, which would bring him within one of rafael nadal�*s record of 22. awaiting in sunday's final will be nick kyrigios who had friday off, rafael nadal withdrawing because of that abdominal injury means that the kyrgios didn't have to play on friday, with three days off, he will play djokovic on sunday. before that we have the women's final, 0ns jabeur chasing history, the third seed here, the world number two, hoping to become the first african and arab player to win a grand slam in the open era. she'll be facing kazakhstan�*s elena rybakina, also in herfirst grand slam final at the age of 23 — whatever happens we will have a first time grand slam winner in the women's final, at the moment it is too tough

to call which way it's going to go. to no books written by british naturalist charles darwin which were returned anonymously to cambridge university 20 years after they disappeared are to go on display for the first time this century. the books are built with ideas and drawings which will become part of darwin's landmark work on evolution and the origin of species. they will be part of an exhibition opening this weekend. the books were returned in march to cambridge's university library in a pink gift bag. before we go our reminder of our top story. twitter says it will sue elon musk if you pulls out of a $44 million agreement with the company. earlierthe $44 million agreement with the company. earlier the tesla chief executive accused the social network of refusing to provide evidence to prove it assertion that spam accounts were less than 5% of users.

you can follow me on twitter at @richpreston. from all of us on the team in london thanks for being with us, we will see you next time. hello there. it was a very warm day on friday. temperatures touched 29 celsius across south—east england. and this weekend, more of the same, a lot of sunshine around. it's going to stay dry away from the far north—west of scotland. and it's all down to this area of high pressure, which will be sitting out towards the west of the uk to start the weekend, and we have a run of northerly winds. slightly fresher air mass, so i don't think it'll be quite as hot today as what it was on friday. most of the cloud will affect the north and west of scotland, northern ireland. some spots of rain for north—western scotland. best of the sunshine in the north, across eastern scotland. we should see temperatures reach 21—23 degrees here, but for england and wales, dry and sunny. temperatures reaching the mid—20s, so not quite as warm as friday. it's going to be dry,

lots of sunshine at wimbledon for the women's final. notice that — 29 degrees. for the men's final on sunday, it's going to be even hotter. now, through saturday night, much of the country will stay dry. still some splashes of rain across northern scotland. we'll have more cloud, more breeze here. elsewhere, further south, under clear skies, light winds, could see the odd mist or fog patch. and for most of us, temperatures will stick into low double figures. then, for sunday morning, we wake up to one or two mist and fog patches for england and wales. otherwise, it's going to be another dry and sunny day here. more sunshine as well for scotland and northern ireland, away from the very far north—west of scotland, where we'll see further cloud. so it'll be warmer in the north, the low to mid 20s. but for england and wales, very warm indeed — high 20s, perhaps 30 degrees across the south—east. and sea breezes will start to pick up as winds will be light. into monday, our area of high pressure shifts towards the eastern side of the country. that will allow winds to come up from the south, so it'll be even warmer and sunnier for england and wales. we start to see some cloud developing across scotland and northern ireland. this weather front

will bring some rain into the northern and western isles later on, so turning a little bit cooler here. as you head further south, though, we see those temperatures mid to high 20s, up to 31 or 32 in the south—east. another very warm day on tuesday, but notice these weather fronts working their way in off the atlantic. barely anything on them as they work across england and wales, so there is no useful rainfall in sight for next week. some splashes across scotland and northern ireland. it will cool down a little bit as those fronts move in in england and wales, and then it's likely to warm up again by the end of the week.

this is bbc news. the headlines: the world's richest man, elon musk, has pulled out of a $44 billion bid to buy twitter. a lawyer for the tesla chief executive has written to twitter�*s legal office, accusing the company of not complying with its contractual obligations. but twitter�*s board says it will sue musk to enforce the deal. president biden has signed an executive order to help safeguard women's access to abortion. the move follows the supreme court overturning the landmark ruling that made the procedure legal across the united states. mr biden called the ruling "an exercise in raw political power". world leaders have reacted with shock to the killing of the formerjapanese prime minister shinzo abe. injapan itself, the current prime minister described the shooting at a political rally as "an unforgivable

"act of brutality".