this is bbc news, i'm martine croxall. the headlines at apm. police investigating the death of nine—year—old lilia valutyte have made an arrest. a22—year—old man on suspicion of murder. we'll be hearing from officers shortly. widespread disruption to train services throughout the uk as drivers from seven operators walk out over pay. the british ambassador to ukraine has called for an investigation into an explosion at a prison in the country's east, in which dozens of ukrainian prisoners of war were killed. and pope francis has said he may need to consider stepping down and would do so, if his health meant that he could not serve in the way he should. england's women train ahead of the biggest football match of their careers — preparing to take on germany in tomorrow night's euros final. and at the commonwealth games, england'sjohnboy smith wins

the wheelchair marathon. we'll have all the latest live from birmingham. good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news channel. we start with breaking news — in the past few minutes, lincolnshire police have confirmed they've arrested a 22—year—old man on suspicion of murder, following the death of nine—year—old lilia valutyte in boston. we'll be hearing from officers shortly. they from officers shortly. will be holding a press conference they will be holding a press conference where we'll be getting more details about the investigation and the arrest, following the death of lilia valutyte. this is what we are waiting for, this is where the officers should appear. earlier, the

force had been circulating photographs of a man that officers want to speak to in connection with lilia's desk and we now know that a 22—year—old man has been detained in boston in lincolnshire, today, previously two people had been arrested without charge. we listen in. ., ., ., arrested without charge. we listen in. following our appeal on the release of _ in. following our appeal on the release of the _ in. following our appeal on the release of the cctv, _ in. following our appeal on the release of the cctv, i - in. following our appeal on the release of the cctv, i can - in. following our appeal on the i release of the cctv, i can confirm that we have arrested a 22—year—old man on suspicion of murder. he is now in police custody. officers detained him in a boston central park area around 2:1i5pm today. the arrest follows a combination of intelligence and information supplied by several members of the public. i would like to thank everyone for their assistance as we continue our investigation. we are

still encouraging anyone with information to contact us. they can do so via the major incident pours all of which the details are on our website. —— major incident portal. once again, i would like to thank you personally for the nation have given us, from the blick and the media. your support is very much appreciated. i anticipate that there are several questions that you would like to ask of me. we are in a very sensitive stage of our investigation, having just arrested a 22—year—old male. please allow my office the time and space to conduct their inquiries in peace and continue the investigation. thank you. studio: a short statement then from the chief superintendent martin parker, from lincolnshire police, confirming they had attained a

22—year—old man in the central boston area this afternoon, it only happens around one hour and 20 minutes ago. —— detained. it follows the release of the cctv footage of a man they wanted to question and it does appear that people members of the public, have been able to help the public, have been able to help the police, but still want to hear from anyone who may have any information about lilia valutyte's death after she was fatally stabbed on thursday in fountain lane in boston. yesterday, the police named her as lilia valutyte. there's yet more disruption on britain's railways this weekend, as train drivers who are members of the aslef union, at seven rail companies walk out, in a row over pay. it's the second strike this week affecting passengers, with more scheduled for dates in august. our correspondent, judith moritz, reports on the scale of the disruption. folkestone station this morning was a gateway to nowhere. no southeastern trains running and passengers who didn't know about today's strike

caught by surprise. so we were planning to go to brighton and now we'll have to find an alternative. proobably, we'll have to take the bus or something. anyway, it's the weekend, it's on holidays — it's probably worse when people have to go to work. it's not right because i don't go to london very often and i've got a lunch date with my daughter and a friend. well, we were planning to go to dover castle and then come back, but now we can't go, so we're going to have to find a bus. tannoy: 1049 northern service... but not all stations are closed. though around 5,000 train drivers at seven companies have walked out over pay — other companies are unaffected. at leeds station, northern rail services are running, the lner east coast main line is severely disrupted. normally, there are two trains every hour that run from here in leeds to london. today, there was one which left first thing this morning, but that's it. the next one won't go to the capital until tomorrow morning. the train drivers' union aslef says

members like these at leeds haven't been on strike since 1995 and they have a high mandate for action as they push for a pay increase to address the cost of living. what's the magic figure? what are you looking for here? there is no figure. what we're saying is we want a suitable pay offer. look, let's be clear. it's the 14 companies that are controlled by the government that are in a blockage. elsewhere in the industry, we've agreed deals with other companies ranging from about 4.5%, up to 8%. so there is no figure. what we're saying is give us a suitable pay rise, give us a suitable figure that we can put to our members, and if they believe it's the right thing to do, we move on and the dispute is over. but the transport secretary, grant shapps, has accused militant union leaders of bringing the country to a standstill and the rail delivery group, which represents operating companies, said it was urging the aslef leadership to resume talks. there are no winners in rail strikes. you know, the most important thing is we want the trade unions to come to the table and make sure we have meaningful discussions. the industry continues to lose a significant amount of money, but passenger revenues are only back

at 75% of what they were pre—pandemic. so it's really important to look at modernisation. with more strikes planned during august, the trains may be hit—and—miss, but a summer of disruption for passengers does look set to rumble on. judith moritz, bbc news. three teenagers have died — and another has been seriously injured — after the car they were in crashed in north yorkshire. the accident happened at around 11 o'clock last night at thornton watlass near bedale. officers don't believe any other vehicles were involved. the passengers, a 17—year—old man and two 18—year—old men, died as a result of their injuries. the 18—year—old driver was taken to hospital with serious injuries. police are appealing for any witnesses. tory leadership contenders liz truss and rishi sunak continue to set out their stalls on the campaign trail today. former tory leadership contender tom tugendhat has become the latest senior conservative to back liz truss in the race to become

prime minister. mr tugendhat, who was knocked out in fifth place, said the foreign secretary could unite the party. in the contest to replace borisjohnson, ms truss is now seen as the frontrunner. more from our political correspondent, ione wells. the general consensus from both sides is that either she would need some big blow to the campaign or rishi sunak would need an incredible boost, really, to bring him back at this stage. now, in terms of, as you say, the endorsement that we've had last night from tom tugendhat and why that's significant — perhaps less so the endorsement itself, remember that at the moment it's not really mps that matter right now, it's the tory party members. but i think why it's significant is the fact that he's decided to come out now and support her shows that people like him think that's where the momentum is. it's with liz truss. if you want a job in a future government, that's where mps feel is the sort of most likely camp at the moment for them. i think, speaking to some liz truss allies last night, their message ahead of ballots

going out to tory mps on monday was certainly one of optimism. they're saying they're not complacent but they feel like everything is pointing in the right direction from them. meanwhile, there has been a bit of pessimism, from some sunak allies with some telling me they feel like he hasn't yet had that sort of real moment of optimism that has cut through. he hasn't sort of landed any particular big blows in the last couple of days that have helped boost his position in the polls. so i think certainly, going into those ballots coming out on monday, as you say, liz truss is being seen as the frontrunner. we have seen a couple of big adjustments, ben wallace, the defence secretary, who came out in support of liz truss, now from tom tugendhat. there are multiple factors at play here. on the one hand, for these mps coming out and endorsing candidates, this is part of their throwing their weight behind somebody who they feel would be a leader that they can get behind policy—wise, but also that they may be able to have a position in government with as well. that is playing into this. i think what it does for the campaign, it is a bit of a branding exercise at this

point, it is showing that momentum, driving behind certain campaigns, and as i said before, it's not necessarily a case of actually needing that mp support right now, but a message to the members that they can unite different figures from across the political spectrum, with tom tugendhat being a notable example here, he is not exactly usually aligned with foreign secretary liz truss as he's more on the centrist spectrum, he is more of a centrist lead in the mps, but one of his key messages when he backed her was that he feels that she is one that can unite the party. ione wells. the british ambassador to ukraine has called for an investigation into an explosion at a prison in the country's east — in which dozens of ukrainian prisoners of war were killed. more than 50 people died whilst they were being held at a detention centre, in the russian—occupied part of the donetsk region. these are pictures of the rocket attack, which is thought to have lead to the prisoners' deaths. ukraine and russia have accused each other, of carrying out the attack.

ukraine says moscow is trying to cover up evidence of torture and war crimes at the site. young people are regularly going without food as they struggle with the cost of living, according to research by the charity centrepoint. it's calling for a rise in universal credit and housing benefits for under 25s, who currently receive lower rates. michael buchanan has spoken to people who are struggling to cope with rising costs. they are the faces of the future, but they are struggling to live in the present. ashanti is learning to budget. the 19—year—old recently moved into a flat after spending time in a homeless shelter. i have a book to, like, write down things that i have to pay, and i put my rent as the first thing and then i move on to gas and electric. and i kind of leave the food shopping until last, because i feel like i can work around it. leaving food to last, however, means ashanti has to be careful about what she buys. food has gotten quite expensive. but at times, her thriftiness isn't enough. if i run out of money, i just have to go without food.

how long have you gone without food? four days at most. four days. a difficult childhood and health problems mean the teenager currently relies on universal credit, for which she gets a quarter less than someone aged 25 or older. there are some young people in tougher situations than older people who genuinely can't afford to get by in life. with seemingly everything on the high street getting more expensive, every penny counts, which is why some young people feel hard done by. universal credit gives a single person under 25 a basic income of £265.31 per month, while someone over 25 gets almost £335. if you're in work, you get less than £5 per hour if you are aged 16 or 17, rising to £9.50 per hour when someone reaches 23.

i get drained and depressed because i'm working such long hours just to try and help my family. tasha has a job working in a cafe. the 24—year—old recently got a promotion and is now earning slightly more than minimum wage, but despite working full—time and extra hours, she is finding it difficult to make ends meet. i moved jobs to get better wages because i knew i moved jobs to get better wages because i knew the prices were going up, so i needed a job that could help support me and my family. but the prices went up higher than i thought. my wage doesn't even... it doesn't touch most of our bills. tasha and her partner have a two—year—old daughter. to help with rising costs, they have had to make changes to the types of food they are eating. we used to buy loads of fresh food and make fresh food constantly. now we're having to get freezer food because it's cheaper, it lasts longer. but ideally i want her to have fresh food, because it's

more nutritious for her, but sometimes i can't even do that for her. like many other people at the moment, tasha is making personal sacrifices to put her child first. some nights, i don't even have any dinner. thankfully at my work we get free meals, so i'll eat at work. but sometimes i'll go to bed with my stomach rumbling, and it's like, i want to eat but i can't, because that's my daughter. even though i'm trying everything, it feels like i'm failing as a mother. if i could walk into tesco and say to the cashier, "hi, _ i'm under the age of 25, . that means my shop should cost less," they're just going to laugh at you. | casey armstrong, a budding astrophysicist, has just £70 to spend on food each month after paying other bills. one thing that i do quite often is, as long as you've got _ a big box of cereal, - it can be quite cheap tojust go and get some milk and then if needs be, | you've got a breakfast and a dinner there. i

it's obviously not very nutritional, but at least it's something - to eat if you run out. the 22—year—old, who is a care leaver, says she can go three days onjust cereal alone, occasionally twice a month. health conditions prevent her from working, but she is hoping to go to university. i think it's one of those where - focusing on the future keeps me out of the present sometimes. it's quite ridiculous. i will be on more money- as a university student than i have been on universal credit. casey, ashanti and tasha should benefit from the £1,200 the government is giving the poorest households this year, but each craves a higher regular income to ease their stress. casey armstrong, who was featured there in that report, has been been telling us more about how she's been coping with the gerowing pressures of rising prices. food is always the last thing that you work out spending money on because things like having a roof over your head, obviously, it is a big priority.

noticing how food prices are also slowly creeping up, those cheaper items that you normally live off, things where you just get some really cheap packet of noodles, for example, they were about 20p before, but now we're seeing them creep up closer to 50p. when some things increase so significantly, on the cheaper food, it has such an impact. it's a big part of the issue, aside from things like electric bills going up, that is resulting in having to ration food out more because you can't buy as much as you could maybe six months ago. but you need electricity to cook, to charge your phone, which sounds like a luxury, but so much of life is done through our phones these days. what are you seeing in terms of how much electricity is costing? i have a smart metre that is next to my sink, and it is not a great placement because i can see every time i'm doing the washing up and i'm running my hot tap, it costs £3 per hour. when we first moved into this flat

about a year and a half ago, i'm sure it was only costing about £1 per hour. that is three times what it used to cost, just to run a hot tap. every time i shall, i have to wash clothes, every time i have to do my washing up, it is essential stuff we need to do, then you have the cost of things like charging your phone. we are in a technological age, it is a necessity now, our phone, you can't access things about online learning, you can't access things the universal credit. then if you are not able to charge your phone because of the cost of living, but knock—on effects can be quite big. the knock—on effects. the headlines on bbc news... police investigating the death of 9—year—old lilia valutyte have arrested a 22 —year—old man on suspicion of murder.

we'll be hearing from officers shortly. widespread disruption to train services throughout the uk as drivers from 7 operators walk out over pay. england's women train ahead of the biggest football match of their careers — preparing to take on germany in tomorrow night's euros final. and at the commonwealth games england'sjohnboy smith wins the wheelchair marathon. we'll have all the latest live from birmingham. we'll have all the latest here is a chetan. hopefully he is dogging —— dodging the the drizzle. it is still drizzling, but the hair is doing ok for the moment. we saw on those pictures, crossing from behind commander victoria square, right behind in the heart of birmingham city centre, where all the marathons today came to a climax, the special moments here, to see who got over that line here. it was england, johnboy smith who got gold around his neck in the end. a

great drama in this race, in the men's t 53—54 marathon, and it was so close to the end, david weir, the mac to welcome as he is known, thought he was getting that goal, he then suffered a puncture. david weir — the weir—wolf — as they call him was leading by more than a minute going into the closing stages but suffered a puncture. he was overtaken by smith who went on to take the gold. behind him there was a silverfor scotland. sean framejoining johnboy smith on the podium. ijust don't feel i have a lot of luck_ ijust don't feel i have a lot of luck in— ijust don't feel i have a lot of luck in major championships since rio. luck in major championships since ri0~ i_ luck in major championships since ri0~ i did — luck in major championships since ri0~ i did a — luck in major championships since rio. i did a marathon circuit, coming — rio. i did a marathon circuit, coming in _ rio. i did a marathon circuit, coming in the top three, in the top in the _ coming in the top three, in the top in the world, — in the world, ijust had a lot of confidence _ in the world, ijust had a lot of confidence coming in here, and you know_ confidence coming in here, and you know what? — confidence coming in here, and you know what? i was debating to bring a spare. _ know what? i was debating to bring a spare. i_ know what? i was debating to bring a spare. i have — know what? i was debating to bring a spare, i have never brought a spare, in a race, _ spare, i have never brought a spare, in a race, ever. _ spare, i have never brought a spare, in a race, ever, in my life, and i thought— in a race, ever, in my life, and i thought if— in a race, ever, in my life, and i thought if i— in a race, ever, in my life, and i thought if i take a spare, i'm going tojihx_ thought if i take a spare, i'm going tojinx myself!

and understandably frustrated david weir. after that, there was another silver for england in the women's race. eden rainbow cooper coming home in second behind maddison de rozaria from australia. england's adam peaty qualified fastest for tonights 100m breaststroke semi—finals in his first race since fracturing his foot in may. just ten weeks on a... peaty, who missed last month's world championships, was the only man under a minute. the olympic champion is chasing a third consecutive commonwealth games gold. blowing away the cobwebs here. later tonight england's olympic champion tom dean and scotland's duncan scott, who took silver in tokyo will go head to head again in the final of the men's 200 metres freestyle after they clocked the two fastest times this morning. in hockey, gareth furlong scored four times as wales thrashed canada letsjust show

lets just show this. the commerce gone, we saw what they did in tokyo, and they spoke both afterwards about what it would mean to them and to win in particular, you can understand the uk—based common wealth games, and we will see that final, 7pm tonight, you can watch the coverage over on bbc one. we turn our attention then to hockey, gareth furlong thrashed canada 5—1 in their opening game of these common wealth games. —— commonwealth games. furlong who's a defender, scored a first—quarter hat—trick before his fourth from a penalty corner in the closing stages. a good win at there for wales. after an impressive start to their netball gold medal defence yesterday, england made it two wins out of two. after thrashing trinidad and tobago yesterday, winning by 7a points to 22. today was a slightly tighter affair, but comfortable for england as, in the end, they beat malawi by 66—41. they next play northern ireland on monday, who lost their opener

heavily to new zealand last night. scotland also soundly beaten today by australia. it's not all about the commonwealth games this weekend as england's lionesses face germany tomorrow afternoon in the final of euro 2022. they're hoping to become the first england football team to win a major trophy since the 1966 men's world cup, and our reporter matt graveling is live at wembley. inaudible. i can tell you in the moment, they are having their press conference. earlier, iwas moment, they are having their press conference. earlier, i was watching the lionesses train earlier. from what we can see, all the players in the squad, they were training, no injuries to worry about that we are aware of. that is exactly what the lionesses need as they are about to take on the german side who have won

this competition aimed at the last ten times, and even though england themselves have not won the tournament, they do imagine it now... she won a court in 2017 with the dutch. i understand it's going to be a very close game, both teams only let in one goal throughout the whole tournament, the germans are a very experienced and strong team, but england goals across a 20 across the whole tournament, so far, so it is going to be tight, but i think england can and will go into this tournament with eight lots of confidence, it has been a fantastic tour for the lionesses, confidence, it has been a fantastic tourfor the lionesses, but a great showpiece for women's football. it kicks off at 5pm tomorrow. looking forward to it. matt rave 5pm tomorrow. looking forward to it. matt grave link _ 5pm tomorrow. looking forward to it. matt grave link reporting _ 5pm tomorrow. looking forward to it. matt grave link reporting from - matt grave link reporting from wembley. normal story... matt grave link reporting from wembley. normalstory... —— wembley. normal story... —— graveling. george russell has claimed the first pole position of his formula one career ahead of tomorrow's

hungarian grand prix. the briton hadn't lead any of the practice or qualifying sessions, but on his final lap he beat ferrari's carlos sainz by just four 100ths of a second. it's the first time this season that a mercedes car has claimed pole. lewis hamilton will start from seventh and championship leader max verstappen is down in tenth after problems with his red bull. that's all the sport for now. manchester city, liverpool, community shield, kicking off at king power stadium. iwill community shield, kicking off at king power stadium. i will keep you up—to—date with the games mac throughout the day, but that is all from me. —— games mac. —— commonwealth games. pope francis says he can no longer keep up his busy international travel schedule — and has acknowledged he could retire. the announcement came on his return flight from a week—long trip to canada — where he met indigenous people to apologise for the catholic church's role in the residential schools scandal. let's have a listen. translation: i don't believe i can | travel at the same pace as before| and i believe that at my age

and with this limitation, i have to save some energy to be able to serve the church. i think about the possibility of stepping aside. with all honesty, it's not a catastrophe, you can change your pope, it's not a problem. austen ivereigh is a papal biographer and commentator, having written biographies of pope francis and analysis of his work. he says the suggestion of him retiring in the future isn't a big surprise. i think it is a decision that he will take at some point, he said from the very beginning of his pontificate, back in 2013, 1a, that pope benedict, his predecessor had opened that door, and he used the same expressionjust now opened that door, and he used the same expression just now on the papal plane, meaning that from now on, every pope must consider if there is a moment when they feel too frail to carry on, where they are simply not able to do the job as the job nowadays demands, then they are opening up to consider that and that is what has changed. the two things that have shifted in the last few decades, we live longer, so the idea

of dying in office, we can conceive now being in office for a longer time, but in a frail state, but i think you couldn't do that a few decades ago. the other thing is the intense demands on the contemporary papal role, he hasjust intense demands on the contemporary papal role, he has just got back, this pope, from a gruelling trip in canada, edmonton, quebec, he was up in the arctic circle with the inuit people. that kind of trip, is normal for contemporary poets. he is finding it hard and that is what he was saying on the plane. that he has to cut back and that that door is there, when he is ready to take it, when the time is right. how realistic would _ when the time is right. how realistic would it _ when the time is right. how realistic would it be - when the time is right. how realistic would it be for - when the time is right. how realistic would it be for him to have some sort of proxy for some of that international travel that he says he is finding more difficult? i don't think you can ever really have a papal representative doing a papal trip. the whole point of him travelling so much these days is people want to have contact with him, there is something very special, magicalabout him, there is something very

special, magical about having contact with the success of saint peter. he is a very singular figure and, of course, he often sends cardinals to represent him to all kinds of events worldwide, but a papal role is very special and will continue to be so. he has not ruled out future trips, but you could see on this one, there were two main events each day, in this five—day trip, whereas in his previous trips, he would have packed in a five or six. he is taking things easier, we can see, partly because of the fracture he has got, because of the fractured ligament, of maybe his mobility issues, he is cutting back... but i think he is exercising his role, just in the way that he knows, just in these circumstances. how acceptable would it be to choose a younger man to be pope in future? well, traditionally, the cardinals, i think, have been reluctant

to elect one of them. that is too young, because you would have, of course, an endless pontificate. and that, i think, was part of the reflection afterjohn paul ii whose pontificate lasted for, you know, what is it, 28 years, you know, that that was just too long and therefore it made sense to elect an old man. now, i think benedict's resignation has changed that dynamic. however, what you've got to remember is that most of these cardinals who will gather at the next conclave to elect francis's successor, you know, very few of them are under 70. so you've already got a limited pool. i think the idea that a pope is elected in his 70s for about ten years, maximum 15, i think will become the norm in the future, and | that's what i think in the future, and that's what i think francis is suggesting here. just before we go to the weather — a ticket holder has come forward to claim the us megamillions 1.28 billion dollarjackpot.

all we know is that the ticket was bought in the state of illinois. it's not quite the biggestjackpot in the history of lotteries — that stands at over 1.5 billion dollars. and in case you're wondering — when you convert it to pounds sterling, it's still just over £1 billion. now it's time for a look at the weather with louise lear. hello. it's an afternoon for chasing cloud around for many, but there will be some breaks and the best of the sunshine is likely to be in the south east and generally across england and wales, it's quite a humid, muggy feel out there with some light patchy rain across the midlands, north wales into the north of england. to the north of that, it's a little bit fresher but largely fine and dry for scotland and northern ireland. as we go through the evening, we'll see more persistent rain pushing across wales to the north of england into the midlands. maybe some of that rain perhaps just pushing towards the southeast corner, but nothing significant. the best of the drier, clearer skies are likely to remain in scotland. so some early morning

sunshine for you on sunday. our weather front sinks it's way south and east, takes a few scattered showers across south east england, but then brightening up slowly behind it and still pretty warm here. top temperatures likely of 26 degrees, a little bit fresher further north and west. cooler with more showers to come for monday. the best of the drier weather in the southeast. now on bbc news... fleeing afghanistan: free to be me. when the taliban regained control of afghanistan, lgbtq+ afghans knew their lives were in grave danger. a small group were evacuated in a top—secret mission & are re—building their lives in the uk. this is their story: i've concluded that it's time to end america's longest war. it's time for american troops to come home. as us, uk and nato forces leave afghanistan, the taliban tightens its grip and a humanitarian crisis unfolds.