tonight at ten — russian forces extend their reach into western ukraine, as cruise missiles hit business and residential buildings. they strike a city far from the eastern front—line, killing at least 23 people, including children. we report from the scene. this wasn't a military target and the force of the blast was so huge it wrapped that car around the base of the building. among the victims are said to be a four year—old girl. her mother is critically injured. we'll be asking what this latest russian incursion could mean for the wider conflict. also tonight... suella braverman is knocked out,

as the conservative leadership race goes to a third ballot. rishi sunak is still in the lead. more than 5000 train drivers will strike on saturday the 30th ofjuly. network rail staff also announce further action. pressure on nhs emergency services in england is getting worse, with patients waiting longer for ambulances and many staff off sick. and at st andrews a frustrating day for tiger woods as the 150th 0pen championship gets under way. later in the hour we'll have sportsday on the bbc news channel, with all the latest reports, results, interviews and features from the bbc sport centre. welcome to bbc news at ten.

russian forces have extended their reach into the heart of ukraine, bombing a city far from the eastern front—line. at least 23 people, including children, were killed in a cruise missile attack, and more than 60 were injured, needing hospital treatment. the president of ukraine, volodymyr zelensky, called it "an open act of terrorism". the attack took place in the city of vinnytsia, south—west of the capital kyiv, and a long way from the focus of the fighting in the eastern region of donbas. the russian defence ministry has consistently denied targeting civilians, despite the evidence. 0ur correspondent sarah rainsford is in vinnytsia. her report includes some distressing detail. a sunny morning in vinnytsia suddenly turned pitch black. this was moments after the russian missiles hit. the staggering wounded... ..and those killed on the spot.

it was a strike on the very heart of this city. there was an air raid siren, but this is central ukraine, far from the fighting, so people ignored it. the blast was huge. and among the ruins we found this, smeared with blood. the four—year—old it belongs to was killed. her name was liza. her mum filmed the little girljust an hour before the attack. they were on their way to see her speech therapist. irina herself was badly injured. today, in the hague, ukraine's prosecutor general called russia's missile strike a war crime. translation: it was scary. people came running this way covered in shrapnel injuries, so i ran in the other direction, because it was frightening.

a giant department store was destroyed, including a medical centre, completely gutted on the ground floor. but it seems the russians�* target was opposite. this is called 0fficers house, but it's a concert hall. we saw no sign of any military here. it is really hard to see scenes like this and to think of how russia talks about its precision missiles and its military targets. this wasn't a military target and the force of the blast here was so huge that it wrapped that car around the base of this building. and this attack happened right in the middle of a beautiful morning here in vinnytsia, when people would have been out and about and would have felt safe. but nowhere is safe in ukraine any more. not even people's houses. alexander thinks he heard

the missile, before it struck below his balcony. with so many injured and killed, he tells me he feels lucky that only his windows were shattered. translation: i ducked like this, but then i thought, _ there's nowhere to run, it's too late. so i thought, whatever will be will be. the missile fragments are being collected. the investigation has begun — a process once unimaginable in ukraine that's now terrifyingly familiar. sarah rainsford, bbc news, vinnytsia. thousands of civilians have been killed and millions of ukrainians have fled their homes, since russia invaded ukraine. but the devastating consequences of the war have also affected russian families. the bbc�*s russia editor steve rosenberg has spoken to the mother of one russian soldier, who went missing in ukraine. russia's invasion has brought untold pain to ukraine.

but if you travel across russia, you'll discover that here, too, there are families that are suffering the consequences. this mother has asked us to hide her identity. valya — not her real name — fears she may get into trouble for speaking out. but she wants to tell us about her son, a russian soldier who was fighting in ukraine. valya last heard from him more than four—and—a—half months ago. translation: i don't believe the government any more. i i wrote to his unit, i wrote to the military district office, i wrote to the defence ministry, and then i wrote to them all again. no one has given me the basic information — where, when and how my son disappeared. in official letters, valya was told that her son had been taking part in a special military operation and that he's missing. translation: on tv, they say that

l everything's fine, we're winning. l but our lads are being killed. if our country had been attacked like this, we would also be defending ourselves, like they are. we'd defend ourselves and we'd be angry, too. i realise now that ukrainian mothers are the same as us. their sons are being killed. they're searching for their children. i don't know what this was all for. you'd have to ask the government. ask president putin and he'll tell you he ordered troops into ukraine to defend the motherland. he wants russians to rally around the flag. but valya is in touch with soldiers' mothers across russia and she says that many of the mothers blame the kremlin for what is happening. translation: they hate - the government, they hate putin. they all want this war to end.

if the mothers of all the soldiers who are fighting there and the ones who've lost sons, if they all rose up, can you imagine how big that army would be? and they will. their nerves will snap. stop. stop all this. stop it and protect our children. since she spoke to us, valya has received confirmation that her son is dead. one more russian soldier who won't be coming home. steve rosenberg, bbc news, russia. lets turn to some of the day's of the news. in the race to succeed borisjohnson as conservative leader and prime minister, the former chancellor rishi sunak and the trade minister penny mordaunt are still in the lead, after the latest round of voting today. suella braverman, the attorney general for england and wales, finished last in the latest ballot

of conservative mps, and is out of the race. rishi sunak is still ahead by some margin, securing 101 votes. penny mordaunt is not far behind, making gains on yesterday's vote, with 83 mp5. and the foreign secretary liz truss, who launched her campaign today, is in third place with 64 votes. kemi badenoch drew support from 49 mp5. and tom tugendhat received 32 votes. the next round of voting is on monday. 0ur political editor chris mason has more on the state of the race. the name of the game for the candidates right now — lure as many mps as possible to take a seat in your team. before today's voting, it was the last of the big campaign launch events. times are going to be tough but i know that i can get us on an upward trajectory by 202a. we can get there by delivering

our promises, ensuring spades are in the ground, people are injobs, and focusing on delivery, delivery and delivery. how can you be the credible agent of change given that you have sat round boris johnson's cabinet table throughout his time as prime minister, and how worried are you that your campaign is being trampled by the march of mordaunt? there was no direct answer about her rival, and this on being a senior minister under mr johnson. i was critical within cabinet of the proposed national insurance rise. i was a cabinet minister who spoke out against it at the time. but i'm a loyalist. you are a veteran of going through a leadership race yourself. is liz truss doing enough? she's not got off to a great start, has she? well, i was second to last when i started running and i ended up winning, so all i can say to you is it ain't over. by lunchtime the focus switched to parliament and more voting. so from a campaign launch this morning to a polling station opened just up the stairs there,

conservative mps voting on day two of this contest. and one of the candidates there, suella braverman. at three o'clock came the result and bad news for the attorney general for england and wales. suella braverman is eliminated from the contest and the others are able to go forward to a further ballot on monday. obviously disappointed, chris, but actually incredibly overwhelmed and grateful for all of the support that i got from my parliamentary colleagues. who are you going to support now? well, i've considered all of the candidates closely, and from a policy point of view, from a leadership and experience point of view, my choice for candidate to lead our party and be prime minister is liz truss. once again the former chancellor rishi sunak got the most votes. penny mordaunt, seen here at her campaign launch yesterday, came second, ahead of liz truss.

kemi badenoch was fourth, and tom tugendhat, speaking here this morning, was fifth. where will this go? i don't know, i can't tell you, but i offered to serve - and that's what i'll do. and it's up to others to decide - whether or not they wish to have me. that's, i'm afraid, - how democracy works. but i don't quit. and so six have become five as the race to move in here continues. the working assumption is that rishi sunak will get one of the births in the final two for the run—off amongst party members and there's been a shift in momentum, or early evidence of it tonight, as far as that second slot is consent. any mordaunt is currently in second but suella braverman switching to liz truss, steve baker, formidable campaigner, he is switching too, as is we expect most of team braverman and lord frost backing liz truss too

calling for the right to reunite as he sees it. it doesn't have a vote in this stage, he is a peer, but it's a philip nonetheless for liz truss as he suggests kemi badenoch should withdraw. all this head of the tv bait starting tomorrow. —— all of this head of the tv debate starting tomorrow. pressure on nhs emergency services is getting worse, with patients in england waiting longerfor ambulances, many staff off sick, and record numbers of people going to accident and emergency. the royal college of nursing says the situation is bleak. 0ur health editor hugh pym has been looking at the latest figures. yes, huw, the whole health and social care system is under severe strain — and that's become even clearer with the latest data for england. it took an average of 51 minutes for ambulances to respond to a category two emergency, such as a heart attack or stroke, in june. that's a big increase from may, and significantly

above the 18—minute target set for the nhs. in a&e, 28% of patients were not assessed within four hours, slightly more than in scotland but fewer than in wales and northern ireland, based on their latest figures. and more than 22,000 patients had to wait over 12 hours in a&e from a decision to admit, to actually being given a bed. nhs england said it was the busiest—everjune for emergency departments and ambulance call—outs. a&e at a surrey hospital this morning. hello, how are you? the challenge, as usual, is finding space for new patients and transferring those who need it to the wards. we are often coming in in the morning with 25 to 35 patients waiting for a bed. they say there are no longer seasonal differences. there would be a winter and a summer in hospitals, and that's something we haven't seen for many years. covid and the heatwave just make it even worse. i've been at this hospital for 16

years and i've never seen it as busy as it is now. ambulance services across england are on the highest state of alert and under extreme pressure, with covid staff absences a factor. we're not performing anywhere near where we should be. and i know from my own experience that lives are being put at risk, and have been all the way through this period of time. how i could have had a fall as bad as it was, i really don't know. there i was, in torture. angela had a serious leg fracture after a fall downstairs at night. her husband jamie spent hours repeatedly calling 999. the frustration of not being told when an ambulance was going to come, that's what got me. every hour ringing, and they would not tell us when. and no ambulance ever did turn up. the next morning, a local doctor took angela to hospital. the south—western ambulance service apologised and said it was taking too long to get to patients because of delays at hospitals. so is there anything england's

new patient safety commissioner can do about problems across the system? if concerns were raised to my office or to me directly, i would ensure that they go to the right part of the system and that people get the response they need. i absolutely can see that there are huge problems at the moment. we are still in unprecedented times. hospitals are close to full. it's hard to discharge medically fit patients because of social care problems. a new survey reveals more patients putting off booking gp appointments because it's too difficult — the new realities on the front line. hugh pym, bbc news. rmt members have said they will strike in august the 19th and 20th in the row over pay and conditions.

5,500 train drivers in england are to go on strike on saturday 30th ofjuly, in a dispute over pay and conditions. this is starting to pile up? it is, as let's said _ this is starting to pile up? it is, as let's said they _ this is starting to pile up? it is, as let's said they were - this is starting to pile up? it 3 as let's said they were planning to have a strike and there we found out the date will be the 30th ofjuly, during the commonwealth games and train drivers, when they strike it causes a lot of disruptions and it will be across eight different companies. and just before we came on air, we had the rmt union who were planning to have a strike on the 27th ofjuly are planning two more on the 18th of august and the 20th of august as well. that is going to be 40,000 workers across network rail and also 14 train companies are walking out and causing similar sorts of difficulties, as we saw injune. as we go into the summit we are seeing things ramping up rather than

necessarily getting resolved with a lot of these industrial actions. caroline davies, thanks again. as the travel disruption looms we will be tracking the experiences of hundreds of holiday—makers. if you want to be one of our travel watchers and tell us your story, you can go to the bbc news website for more information and get in touch via that. as we've heard, the warm weather is adding to the pressures on the health service, and today, the government warned that the extreme temperatures forecast for parts england and wales would lead to a surge in demand for nhs services. the long dry spell is also raising concerns about water supplies, with levels at some reservoirs at their lowest for decades. from yorkshire, our correspondent danny savage reports. water companies are starting to worry. across a large part of the uk, it's been dry for months and reservoir levels are falling. this is one of several

reservoirs which supplies drinking water to leeds. yorkshire water say back in march, they were nearly full. you can see the line on the wall up there as to where the water got to. it's now right down here. they are now asking customers to use water more wisely. in other words, use less or face mandatory restrictions. restrictions is one of the tools we have with our drought management plan as we head into very high temperatures. we'll be doing very targeted communications, they adapt their behaviour and that makes a difference. but of course, we can't rule out restrictions later in the year. yorkshire water isn't alone. customers in other regions are also being asked to take shorter showers and let the lawn turn brown. with potentially record temperatures forecast for next week and no recent rain, an increase in wildfires is expected. this is the salisbury plain area today. how bad is it this year? it's really bad. we've had significant periods of dry weather.

conditions are some of the worst this fire officer has seen. we're seeing record numbers of fires in the uplands and our rural landscapes. we've already surpassed our national totals and we're onlyjust hitting our summer months now. so it's a really concerning time for us as a fire service. the dry conditions could soon lead to hosepipe bans and other restrictions. more fires are expected. next week's high temperatures won't help. danny savage, bbc news, west yorkshire. in sri lanka, the president gotabaya rajapaksa has formally resigned, following days of mass protests against the government. demonstrators took to the streets of the capital tonight to celebrate, despite a curfew being in place. mr rajapaksa fled sri lanka yesterday, as protesters took over government buildings. from colombo, our correspondent rajini vaidyanathan reports. a moment to savour

after months of struggle. now there's joy. these demonstrators had one key demand, that the man they blame for their economic woes resign. tonight, president gotabaya rajapaksa did. protesters say they are celebrating what represents a victory for people power. it's the end of the rule of the rajapaksas, after a week of turmoil on the island. just yesterday at the prime minister's office, security forces were overrun by protesters. it was one of a number of government buildings taken over by the masses. today, protesters handed it back to the authorities, soldiers now on guard, authorised to use force to maintain order.

sirens. a country under curfew, streets once packed with protesters, now patrolled by the military. elsewhere, tensions are running high. with the basics still in short supply, only a few weeks of fuel now left in the country. in an exclusive interview, the governor of sri lanka's central bank told me that without a stable government the suffering will continue. we don't see a way forward on how to get enough foreign exchange to finance essential petroleum for this country. if that doesn't happen, then it will be like the whole country will be closed down. no one will be able to do any activity. the pace of the protests has slowed. a president gone and

a country still in limbo. i met this man as he stormed the prime minister's house yesterday. he wants an interim government to be installed. we will give the interim government six months to a maximum of one year to settle all this and ease the problem is possible. afterthat, elections should happen and people can select who they want to rule the country next. but nobody knows who that should be. as they celebrate the end of one chapter in this protest movement, another difficult one is about to begin. rajini vaidyanathan, bbc news, colombo. ivana trump, the former wife of donald trump, has died at the age of 73 at her home in new york. she was born in what was then czechoslovakia and became a fashion model, designer and businesswoman. she was married to the former us president between 1977 and 1992 and they have

three children together. president biden and the israeli prime minister have signed a a joint declaration to stop iran from developing nuclear weapons. washington says it will use all the elements of us power to prevent it, but mr lapid said only a credible military threat would work. president biden was injerusalem to meet israelis and palestinians before moving on to saudi arabia. from jerusalem, our middle east editorjeremy bowen reports. not the wild west, but the middle east. for all its power, america's ability to control middle eastern turbulence is limited. joe biden and israel's acting prime minister, yair lapid, signed a declaration billed as historic. in fact, it had all been said before, but israel needed him to say it again. i made it absolutely clear we will not, let me say it again, we will not allow iran to acquire

a nuclear weapon. for israel, it starts with a conventional, not nuclear threat on the heavily fortified border with lebanon, three hours drive north from jerusalem. it's one of the most dangerous potential flashpoints in the middle east. i'll show you a couple of places over here. that's because it's a front line between the israelis and iran's strongest ally and client, hezbollah. if we'll stand over here like a couple more minutes, we will see people of hezbollah coming over here. both sides have worked hard to keep the border quiet since hezbollah fought israel to a standstill in a war in 2006. but when hezbollah appeared, they were in israel's sights. behind the watchers in lebanon, the israelis assumed hezbollah guns were also ready. it took one incident to spark a month of war in 2006. these men have the job of protecting

israel's northern border, but it's about a lot more than that, because this is one of the great fault lines that runs through the middle east. on that side, friends of iran. and on this, friends of america. and the division is dangerous and it's heating up again. israel's already fighting a covert war of assassinations and bombings with iran. this border would also explode if israel or the us mounted full scale air strikes on iran's nuclear facilities. are you conscious that behind hezbollah down there is iran? yeah, absolutely, yeah. we can see how they're acting over here, how they're operating day and day? it's not myjob to say it, but myjob is to be over here and protect the tactical things. but we know we can see that and everything that they have, how they act and how they are operating over here, yes.

back injerusalem, what's missing is any attempt to ease the festering israeli—palestinian conflict. it used to be the top priority for visiting american presidents. in his progress around the city the israelis call their eternal capital, president biden repeated his call for an independent palestine alongside israel. 0n the other side of the wall, israel has built to separate jerusalem from the palestinians of the west bank, that sounds empty. he's clearly here for one case only and to help the israelis and not palestinians. he doesn't even care about us. so many presidents came in the last ten or 15 years and we did not see any difference in our situation. along joe biden�*s route into bethlehem, his next stop, are accusations that israel is guilty of apartheid.

denied by the israelis and the us, widely accepted by palestinians and human rights groups. and he'll see many portraits of shireen abu aqleh, the palestinian—american journalist killed by israeli troops in may. for this american president, what matters much more are israel's security, iran's nuclear plans and the final leg of his trip to saudi arabia. jeremy bowen, bbc news, jerusalem. st andrews has hosted the first day of the 150th open golf championship which tiger woods has hinted it could be his last. there was continued attention on those golfers who are backed by the new saudi backed alternative tour asjoel wilson explains.

the 150th 0pen, but this is no time to simply linger on tradition. here's ian poulter, first tee. listen. mixture boos and applause. he's permitted to play here, but is part of the saudi financed liv golf series, which the open organisers say is undermining the sport. is poulter aware of that? purposely haven't looked at all. so i don't want to know. you can tell me, i'm not going to listen. rory mcilroy has stood firmly against the new liv golf. he navigated his way to six under par in his first round. tiger woods values st andrews over everything. but when the dust cleared on the first, he watched his ball bounce into the burn... water, in other words. ah, and many sympathised. well, you know where tiger woods is on the course, even when you can't see him, because you can't see him. look, he's surrounded by a crowd, everyone still trying to catch a glimpse of him. they saw the former champion fight and falter to six over par. commentator: oh, no, it'sjust gone by. - suddenly it seemed like a youngster�*s game. at 25, cameron young topped

the leaderboard on eight under par. but for perseverance, it was kim si—woo's day, stuck still. but with his next shot, watch... when they talk about celebrating the challenges of this place... commentator: please... 0h, what's a putt! ..they mean this. joe wilson, bbc news, st andrews. time for a look at the weather, here's sarah keith—lucas. we have had a little bit of a lull in the temperatures over the past 24 hours, but those temperatures will be building day on day for the next four or five days. be building day on day for the next four orfive days. so be building day on day for the next four or five days. so some really intense heat on the way in this forecast. it was a beautiful end to the day and this is earlier on this evening in wolverhampton. we have seen temperatures up into the mid 20s in the warmer spots in the south over the day, but the met office haveissued over the day, but the met office have issued an amber extreme heat morning and this is not something we

see very often and it is across much of