this is bbc world news, i'm rich preston. our top stories: tearful mourners gather in tokyo to await the coffin carrying formerjapanese prime minister shinzo abe, after he was assassinated at a political rally. 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're witnessing wasn't a constitutionaljudgement, it was an exercise in raw political power. the tech war in ukraine. we follow ukrainian forces trying to hold back russian troops with drones. just hearing some sound of aircraft. they have told us,

the ukrainian soldiers here, to take cover under the trees. the russians are flying over these positions, trying to spot where they are. and novak djokovic reaches another wimbledon final beating britain's cameron norrie. hello and welcome to bbc news. 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. the former prime minister's body is due to arrive shortly at his

residence in tokyo. our correspondent, mariko oi joins us now from there. what is happening right now? as what is happening right now? sis you what is happening right now? is you said, we are standing outside shinzo abe's residence in tokyo. as you can probably see behind me, hundreds of journalists and camera operators have been waiting outside here but also you can probably hear some of the helicopters that are getting footage from them, the car carrying mr r their mac body is about ten minutes away. we're respecting his body to return yet shortly pulled up you cannot see behind it but there are a couple of members of the japanese public waiting for this moment and many of them are holding flowers as well. it are holding flowers as well. it has been a deeply shocking 24 has been a deeply shocking 2a hours forjapanese people. what is the mood in tokyo? what are people saying on the street? it

is still an utter shock because as we have been reporting about it, japan's gun crimes are really rare and political violence is almost unheard of. it was just pure shock at the moment. of course, shinzo abe what is a very divisive politician. his aborted lot employs nationalistic views but his critics say his relationships with china and south korea, important trading partners, with very frosty bull that you can see a lot of people trying to wait for him to return home here. this is where the current prime minister ofjapan, fumio kishida is expected to also pay a visit this afternoon. it is also been reported that shinzo abe's funeral is affected to take place on 12july. of course, japan holds an upper house of election tomorrow on sunday. house of election tomorrow on sunda . ., ., sunday. the man who fired the fatal shot _ sunday. the man who fired the fatal shot was _ sunday. the man who fired the fatal shot was detained - sunday. the man who fired the fatal shot was detained quickly | fatal shot was detained quickly

by security. what more do we know about him? is by security. what more do we know about him?— by security. what more do we know about him? as you said, he is a 41-year-old _ know about him? as you said, he is a 41-year-old man _ know about him? as you said, he is a 41-year-old man who - know about him? as you said, he is a 41-year-old man who was - know about him? as you said, he is a 41-year-old man who was a l is a 41—year—old man who was a member of a maritime self defence force injapan. i was reading how he only spent a few years there. his training that would not have taught him how to make a gun, of course it has been reported now that he made a home made gun to carry out that attack which ended up dealing shinzo abe. we don't know too much about his motives, he has said that he held grudges against the politician, he also had some issues with a specific group. when the police held a press conference yesterday they would not specify which group he was talking about. so there have been a lot of speculation on social media. we are still waiting for more details when it comes to that. our correspondent mariko oi is in tokyo. thank you for that update. we will bring you much more on the

story when we have it. we are currently waiting for the convent carrying shinzo abe to return to his residence in tokyo. 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. kali hays is a senior tech reporter with business insider in la. i asked her earlier what exactly is elon musk saying in his statement. he is saying quite a bit. his letter was pretty long. but i agree with the former twitter executive that i spoke to about this — he is kind of grasping at legal straws a little. he has quite a few claims in his letter as to what twitter has done wrong in order to have him deem this deal breached. a lot of it does revolve around the bots and the spam accounts, as you mentioned, but some of the — he claims he made false statements to the sec

and they have just acted improperly throughout, have misled him basically from the get go and, yeah, he is really saying a lot of things. so that elon musk�*s position. how has twitter responded? twitter has responded as they have pretty much been responding through this tumultuous deal. they have said repeatedly that they would enforce this merger — which means they would sue — and today, they said they intend to sue him, so unless something is either — i imagine there are very dramatic talks happening as we speak but unless something comes to fruition over the weekend, they come to some sort of terms, maybe a renegotiated price for this kind of deal, i imagine a lawsuit is being drafted currently and is being filed or will be filed on monday. it looks like a bit of a legal stand—off is imminent. what happens next? well, it goes to a very specific court here in

the united states, the delaware chancery court. basically, all it deals with is business deals like this, so it is very practised, thejudges there are very used to these kinds of cases. i don't expect it to be very drawn—out at all but either one but probably both parties, meaning elon musk and twitter, both suing each other — one will sue and one will counter sue, and this willjust be a legal spectacle — a business spectacle of the highest order. i mean, it's going to be a lot of back—and—forth about who did what went on. i mean, it's great for business journalism. it's going to be fun. there has been a lot of debate about this, most playing out, ironically, on twitter itself. what are twitter users saying? god! chuckles. they are saying a lot. they have more to say than anybody, of course. but they — a lot of people are definitely just saying, "i knew that this was not going to happen!" everyone has been calling foul on this since very early on. at the end of the day,

elon musk did sign something pretty definitive, so it is going to be up to the courts to say what's what and what is going to end up happening in a few months. 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're witnessing wasn't a constitutionaljudgement, it was an exercise in raw political power. on the day the dobbs decision came down, i immediately announced what i would do. but i also made it clear, based on the reasoning of the court, there is no constitutional right to choose only the way — the only way to fulfil and restore that right for women in this country is by voting, by exercising the power at the ballot box. let me explain. we need two additional pro—choice senators in a pro—choice house

to codify roe as federal law. your vote can make that a reality. our correspondent in washington, rianna croxford explained what the order is intended to do. the order contains some measures intended to help protect and ease access to abortion services. now, really, there are three main takeaways from this. firstly, it looks to expand access to medication abortions — those are the pills that you can get in the post. it also looks to ensure access to emergency medical care and contraception. and thirdly, it also looks to offer legal protections to abortion providers and those seeking abortions out of state. now, it's still unclear at this stage just how this will play out in practical terms. the order isn't that specific and no doubt, president biden will face pushback at state level and we're stilljust seeing the fallout of roe v wade — at least nine states so far have outright banned abortion —

and, ultimately, president biden�*s hands are tied. he can't overturn the supreme court's decision, he can't push through a federal law restoring the right to abortion because congress is so divided and so, really, his message here is if you're angry, if you're upset, if you care, go out and cast your vote in the midterms this november if you want to see a change. rianna, this is obviously an incredibly divisive topic in the united states. what's been the response so far to this executive order? well, anti—abortion groups have criticised president biden, saying he's acting against the supreme court's ruling. on the flip side, pro—choice groups have praised it, saying it's a much—needed first step. however, there are still those who are still 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 underfrom those in his own party to do more but, ultimately, that's going to be nearly impossible to achieve, considering that

congress is so divided. so, really, president biden�*s message here, especially to the 40 million women affected by the roe v wade decision, is to go out and cast your votes and, no doubt, this will be a very big issue on the ballot box this november. this is bbc news. the headlines: president biden signs an executive order to help safeguard american women's access to abortion. a stand—off 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. 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 above.

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. uk politics now. 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. our political correspondent alex forsyth has the latest. the leadership race is on. reporter: will you be - standing for the leadership? though this morning, potential candidates were keeping quiet. are you going to b 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 hisjob. 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 long list 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. iam from

i am from chesham and amersham. there is more to a party thanjust 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 to sort of work something out in the meantime than choose 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. russia has vetoed a un security council resolution that would have kept a crucial border aid crossing to syria open. the authorisation for aid deliveries across the syrian—turkish border at bab al—hawa is due to expire on sunday. it's been in effect since 2014. un agencies and ngos say the news is devastating and risks putting millions of people at risk of starvation. our middle east correspondent anna foster is on the turkish—syrian border. this vote was delayed by more than 24 hours and even until the last minute, there were hopes that some kind of diplomatic agreement could be reached to try and keep un aid convoys flowing through this crossing at bab al—hawa, the last one that serves people living in north—west syria. it came, in the end, down to two votes. what most of the un security council members were pushing for, along with un agencies and ngos,

was another i2—month extension to the mandate that allows them to bring aid through this crossing, but russia vetoed that. what russia did in response was put forward its own alternative proposal, which was only an extension for six months, and which would have needed renewing by vote in january of 2023. now, again, humanitarian aid groups say that would have been disastrous, that they need longer than six months to arrange the logistics of such a complicated cross—border aid operation, and to renew it in the middle of winter would have been catastrophic. so, in response to that russian counterproposal, there were vetoes from the uk, the us and france. so, where does that leave us now? well, if an agreement cannot be reached, if the un security council can't reconvene in the next 48 hours, then this aid crossing will close to un convoys. and just to put that into context, around 1,000 lorries a week pass through here. they take food, vital

medicines, shelter to more than 4 million people, many of whom have been living in displacement camps for a decade. ngos have acted quickly, saying this is devastating and they hope there is still time to reverse this result and keep his aid flowing. 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 £1.6 million — 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's justice 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. our 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 surface. 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 kyrgios, 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 — ons 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. two notebooks written by the 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 small books are filled with ideas and drawings which would eventually become part of darwin's landmark work on evolution, on 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. inside was a typed note which read, "librarian, happy easter".

and there's just time to tell you about a condor chick in peru who's been rescued after locals found him in a bad condition. the eight—month—old condor was suffering from malnutrition when it was discovered in peru's ancash region. residents there failed to revive him and took him to a recovery centre. he'll be released back into the wild after rehabilitation. the condor is the largest flying bird in peru and one of the biggest on earth. a reminder of our top story — tearful mourners have been gathering in tokyo to await the coffin carrying former japanese prime minister shinzo abe, who was assassinated at a political rally. he was shotjust over 24 hours ago. his coffin is expected shortly back at his residence in tokyo. you can follow that story here on bbc world news and the bbc website. or on our bbc news app. you can reach me.

you can reach me on twitter, i'm @richpreston. please do get in touch. everyone here in london, thank you for your company. i will see you next time. bye. 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. 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. a 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 in the south 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: tearful mourners have gathered in tokyo to await the coffin carrying formerjapanese prime minister shinzo abe, after he was assassinated at a political rally. world leaders have reacted with shock to the killing. the attacker was a former member of the japanese navy. 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"