levied this is bbc news with the latest headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. dozens are injured, as protesters storm the iraqi parliament for the second time in a week. kentucky counts the cost of the state's deadliest flooding, with many residents still unaccounted for. as of ”am this morning, we can confirm 25 fatalities across five counties. that number will continue to grow. widespread disruption to train services throughout the uk as drivers from seven operators walk out over pay. pope francis says health problems are likely to force him to travel less frequently and he may even have to retire.

translation: with all honesty, it is not a catastrophe. _ you can change your pope. it is not a problem. hello and welcome if you're watching in the uk or around the world. more than 100 people have been injured during protests by supporters of the powerful iraqi cleric moqtada sadra in baghdad. the protesters stormed the iraqi parliament for the second time in three days and are now staging a sit—in inside the parliament building. they oppose the nomination of a pro—iran rival candidate for prime minister. richard galpin reports. twice now this week, protests here in the iraqi capital baghdad leading to parliament being broken into and occupied —

supporters of the powerful iraqi cleric moqtada al—sadr venting their anger about the possibility of a pro—iran candidate becoming prime minister. concrete barriers pulled down so they could enter the high—security green zone. more than 100 people have been injured. iraq's current prime minister, mustafa al—kadhimi, has called for calm. translation: i ask on everyone to maintain peace and calm - and to avoid clashes, and for the citizens not to clash with the security forces, to respect the rule of law of the country. all this the result of many months of stalemate between the political factions, in the quest to create a new government. translation: this is the longest | postelection deadlock iraq has gone

through since the days of the old regime. the political forces possess the authority and positions but forget about the iraqi people. there is no budget, no infrastructure. it has been eight months and they could not yet elect a prime minister. moqtada al—sadr, who opposes iranian and american influence in iraq, has claimed victory for his own nationalist movement. but he's refused to work with any of his rivals, making it impossible to build a new governing coalition. richard galpin, bbc news. a short while ago i spoke to mike thomson, the bbc�*s world affairs correspondent. i began by asking him about the current political deadlock in the country. this deadlock is all about the two groups can't agree on a prime

ministerial candidate or a presidential candidate. and, so, neither one has given way and last month, mr al—sadr, group walked away with the 73 lawmakers with the idea, i think, staring up protest outside the parliament and thereby forcing the opposition, mainly aligned with iran—aligned opposition groups, to cooperate with him. but that hasn't happened so now he has gone in there to say, look, we are in a minority, because they put more lawmakers into cover for us and now they could elect a prime minister we don't want. and they are there to stop any form of election going on. it sounds utterly complex and one wonders how does this end. what are we hearing from the current government? because there is a prime minister in place. indeed. the caretaker prime minister, mustafa al—kadhimi has called on everyone to become and not let the situation slide into violence and confrontation.

and he has made a televised address to that end. but one of the problems is the coordination framework, the opposition group has called on its supporters to come out and protest peacefully against this occupation of parliament and against al—sadr�*s efforts to stop this vote. and, of course, if it stays peaceful, fine, but the atmosphere at the moment is so volatile that of course this could do the very opposite and spill over into fighting between the groups. looking at those scenes, they are extraordinary, i mean it is quite something to see people lying on the floor there, sitting in those seats. they have said they will continue to protest like this for the foreseeable future, that is quite something. yes, indeed. a few days ago in the first occupation of parliament, al—sadr�*s people stayed just a couple of hours, and then when he said now it is time to leave and leave peacefully, they did just that. but this time, they are saying,

we are here until further notice. there is no time limit been put on how long they are going to sit there so this really is a recipe for trouble. the us state of kentucky has been hit by its worst floods for decades — killing at least 25 people. hundreds of homes and businesses had been flooded in the east of the state and president biden has declared it "a major disaster." 0ur north america correspondent peter bowes reports. flowing water, powerful enough to sweep away entire homes. torrential rain has wreaked havoc. some areas received more than 20 cm in a 24—hour period. swollen streams and mudslides have torn through several communities with devastating results. everything's gone. like, everything is gone. my whole life is gone. there's no words. it'sjust hard to imagine.

there's nothing, really, that you can do, but we're are just glad that we got out. some areas are difficult for rescuers to reach because local roads have been badly damaged and are impassable, cars engulfed in the muddy waters. there's widespread poverty in the affected areas. making matters worse, tens of thousands of people are now without electricity. the biggest concern is the many people who are still missing. we continue to pray for the families that have suffered an unfathomable loss, some having lost almost everyone in their household. this is still an emergency situation. we are in search and rescue mode. but again, that count is going to continue to go up. and we don't lose this many people in flooding. this is a real tough one. rescuers fear the search for survivors — and bodies — could last several weeks. scenes like this are

becoming more familiar. this part of kentucky has had flash floods before, but nothing on this scale. we didn't have no time to get nothing out of my little apartment in the basement. i lost everything twice. this makes twice that i've lost everything. and i ain't the only one. we going to have to have some help, more than what they brung in here the last flood. president biden has declared a disasterfor this area, freeing up funds and equipment to help. but the worst may not be over, with more rain expected early next week. this is, according to experts in kentucky, another glimpse into the future, becoming hotter and wetter due to climate change. peter bowes, bbc news. i can speak now with austin horn, a journalist at the lexington herald—leader newspaper, who has been reporting from the scene of the flooding today.

thank you forjoining us at what is such a difficult time for the community there.— such a difficult time for the community there. let's start with what peeple _ community there. let's start with what people have _ community there. let's start with what people have been _ community there. let's start with what people have been sharing i community there. let's start with i what people have been sharing with you, we had some of those devastating accounts there from my colleague in his report, what have people been sharing with you? the reaction people been sharing with you? tue: reaction right people been sharing with you? tte: reaction right now is mostlyjust shock. i'm actually from the region and my grandfather is 83 years old and my grandfather is 83 years old and he said he has never seen anything close to this before in his 83 years here. i have talked to several people who have lost their homes on the ground, some who have lost loved ones, cousins, family members, friends. so it is really just shock. i mean, what else can you feel at this point? but at the same time, this is a resilient people, are generally impoverished population but at the same time they

treat each other very well and they have each other�*s backs, so you get neighbours rescuing neighbours, people making daring escapes. i heard a story of a man where a river lifted a car into his trailer and knockedit lifted a car into his trailer and knocked it over, he was outside and his family were still in the trailer and he was able to swim and rescue them from that trailer. so, lots of stories of rescue and eventual recovery. stories of rescue and eventual recovery-— stories of rescue and eventual recove . ., ., . ., recovery. you touched on it there, the dynamics. _ recovery. you touched on it there, the dynamics, the _ recovery. you touched on it there, the dynamics, the demographics l recovery. you touched on it there, | the dynamics, the demographics of that community, because looking down your twitter feed, that community, because looking down yourtwitterfeed, i that community, because looking down your twitter feed, i notice that community, because looking down your twitterfeed, i notice that that community, because looking down your twitter feed, i notice that you said that some people who have lost everything, they had no insurance. right, that is the norm. i have asked a dozen people that very question, if they had insurance, and i think i have only had one or two people say that they did have insurance on their homes. to give you a sense of the kind of communities that are most affected,

you do have some downtown of these towns that got flooded but often times it has been what we call hollows here, little low level hollows, usually centred around tiny streams, and those tiny streams just became flowing rivers in an instant for a lot of people. and, generally, the communities built around those little streams, they don't have extravagant means, by any stretch of the imagination, so these are people with little recourse. we will see what the money does and if those populations are able to navigate the whole bureaucratic process, but that is the question that remains to be seen. tt is the question that remains to be seen. . , is the question that remains to be seen. ., , ., , is the question that remains to be seen. .,, ., , ., , ., ., is the question that remains to be seen. ., , ., , ., ., ., seen. it was only months ago that the same community _ seen. it was only months ago that the same community was - seen. it was only months ago thatl the same community was impacted seen. it was only months ago that - the same community was impacted by that extreme weather, that tornado backin that extreme weather, that tornado back in december 2021. these are people who are still recovering from

one disaster and here they are in the midst of another.— the midst of another. exactly. kentucky has _ the midst of another. exactly. kentucky has been _ the midst of another. exactly. kentucky has been rattled - the midst of another. exactly. kentucky has been rattled by| the midst of another. exactly. - kentucky has been rattled by extreme weather of late, and there is no way to have this conversation without talking about climate change. with any single event, it is hard to say whether this event is directly attributed to climate change but the trend is undeniable here. 0ften trend is undeniable here. often times, people like to think of the rising sea levels, which they absolutely should, but at the same time, you've got these little communities built around the streams that have just been totally destabilised.— that have just been totally destabilised. , , ., ., destabilised. often, we wish you all the very best _ destabilised. often, we wish you all the very best there _ destabilised. often, we wish you all the very best there and _ destabilised. often, we wish you all the very best there and our- destabilised. often, we wish you all the very best there and our good i the very best there and our good wishes to your grandad and the community, thank you so much for speaking to bbc world news. thank ou. ukraine's military says it has killed more than a hundred russian

soldiers in the southern region of kherson — the focus of its counter offensive. it also said that two ammunition dumps and seven tanks had been destroyed in the region on friday. it comes as the united nations and the red cross have been asked to investigate the deaths of more than 50 ukrainian prisoners—of—war. they were killed while they were being held at a detention centre, in the russian—occupied part of the donetsk region. these are pictures of the attack, which is thought to have lead to the prisoners' deaths. ukraine and russia have both blamed each other. ukraine says moscow, is trying to cover up evidence of torture and war crimes at the site. president zelensky gave this reaction to the attack, in his nightly address, to the ukrainian people. translation: i have received reports i of the attack in the donetsk region. | it was a deliberate russian war crime, a deliberate mass murder of ukrainian prisoners of war, more than 50 dead. when the defenders of the azovstal left the plant, the un and international gommittee of the red cross acted as guarantors of the life and health of our soldiers.

0ur diplomatic correspondent, paul adams, is in the capital kyiv and has more on the differing versions of what happened in the prison attack. the problem is that amid these claims and counter claims, we do not have any independent verification of what happened early yesterday in that dissenting facility. what it was that led to the appalling death of dozens and dozens of ukrainian prisoners of war. the international committee of the red cross here in kyiv asked for access to the site and to prisoners of war as soon as it got word of the incident yesterday morning. and i have been told by the red cross that they have yet to be given access, so that is a major problem, no one on the ground who is able to verify any other circumstances this episode. in the meantime, you have the russians are saying this was the result of a ukrainian missile strike, which they

say deliberately targeted ukrainian prisoners of war. make of that what you will. and on the ukrainian side, an allegation, as you just heard from president zelensky, that this was a war crime committed against the prisoners who are mostly made up of fighters, we believe, from the siege of mariupol. now, as far as western observers are concerned, not that many indications so far but i want to draw your intention to a tweet from the british ambassador in kyiv, she tweeted this morning that this incident needs investigating as she said, and i quote, looks like part of an increasingly worrying pattern of the worst kind of human right abuses and possible war crimes being committed in the occupied east of ukraine with impunity. she is not directly pointing the at anyone but to those, to my mind, sounds like someone who has a pretty strong idea of who she thinks is responsible for

this. let's get some of the day's other news. the russian energy company gazprom says it has suspended gas supplies to latvia — the latest eu country to be hit with such action as tensions continue over ukraine. gazprom accused latvia of violating conditions of purchase but gave no details of the alleged violation. the eu says russia's squeezing of energy supplies is in retaliation for western sanctions over moscow's invasion of ukraine. us presidentjoe biden has tested positive for covid—19 for a second time and is returning to isolation, but his white house doctor says he "continues to feel quite well". he tested positive late saturday morning by antigen testing. his positive test is believed to be what's called a "rebound positivite" experienced by some covid patients. the headlines on bbc news... supporters of the powerful iraqi

cleric moqtada al—sadr stage a sit—in inside the country's parliament — after storming the building for the second time in three days. a major disaster has been declared in the us state of kentucky after floods killed at least 25 people there's been yet more disruption on britain's railways this weekend as train drivers who are members of the aslef union, walk out, in a row over pay. drivers from seven rail companies are involved in the strike. it's the second this week affecting passengers, with more strikes scheduled for dates in august. 0ur correspondent judith moritz reports. 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. probably we'll have to take the bus or something. not right, because i don't go to london very often and i've got a lunch date with my daughter

and a friend. but not all stations are closed. though around 5,000 train drivers at seven companies have walked out over pay on a busy sporting weekend, not all lines are affected. at leeds station, northern rail services are running, but the lner east coast main line is severely reduced. 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 1a 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%. 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. 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, with passenger revenues 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. sport and for a full round up, from the bbc sport centre, here's paul scott. hello and thanks forjoining us.

let's start at the commonwealth games in birmingham, where in the last few minutes new zealand's lewis clareburt has won gold in the men's a00m individual medley. he set a commonwealth games record in the process, as he touched home ahead of his compatriot brendon smith. scotland's duncan scott took bronze. in the men's marathon, uganda's victor kiplangat took gold in two hours, ten minutes and 55 seconds, despite briefly going the wrong way in the closing stages. he says the motorbikes briefly confused him. thankfully it didn't damage his medal chances, as he gives uganda their first—ever commonwealth games marathon gold. in the women's race, australia'sjessica stenson is finally a commonwealth champion. she won bronze in 2014 and 2018, but raced clear here in the closing couple of miles, to take gold. she finished 2a seconds clear of kenya's margaret muriuki. defending champion namibia's helalia johannes finished third.

the weightlifting competitions also got under way on saturday and mohamad kasdan won malaysia's first commonwealth games gold of birmingham 2022, with victory in the men's 55kg he previously created history by being the first malaysian weightlifter to win a medal in the weightlifting world championships and now has added a commonwealth gold. well, aznil bidin made it a double celebration for the country in the men's 61kg. the 28—year—old lifted a combined total of 285kg for a new games record making it a golden day for malaysia. george russell has claimed the first pole position of his formula one career ahead of sunday'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 byjust four hundredths of a second.

it's the first time this season a mercedes driver has claimed pole. lewis hamilton will start from seventh and championship leader max verstappen is down in tenth after problems with his red bull. liverpool have won the first piece of silverware ahead of the new english football season. they beat premier league champions manchester city 3—1 in the community shield in leicester. trent alexander arnold scored the first, before new signing julian alvarez equalised for city, mo salah made it 2—1 from the penalty spot late one, before new signing, darwin nunez scored in injury time to secure the win. the england women's football team trained for the last time on saturday ahead of sunday's euro 2022 final against germany at london's wembley stadium. the home side, unbeaten in 19 matches under manager sarina wiegman, who won the last women's euros with the netherlands five years ago. the last time england made a major final was at the 2009 european championship,

when they also played germany, losing 6—2 in helsinki. ijust i just feel like we are ijust feel like we are in i just feel like we are in such ijust feel like we are in such a good place, we have dominated the games we have played so far. so, yes, we are looking forward to sunday, we know how special it is going to be just for football in general. the stadium is going to be packed out, the fans are going to be loving it, yes, iam so packed out, the fans are going to be loving it, yes, i am so excited to just enjoy the day.— loving it, yes, i am so excited to just enjoy the day. just en'oy the day. that's all from the just enjoy the day. that's all from the sorts just enjoy the day. that's all from the sports for _ just enjoy the day. that's all from the sports for now, _ just enjoy the day. that's all from the sports for now, don't - just enjoy the day. that's all from the sports for now, don't forget i the sports for now, don't forget more build—up to the european final in wembley and all the latest from the commonweath games on the bbc sports website. pope francis says he can no longer keep up his busy international travel schedule — and has suggested he could step down due to problems with his health. 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. i've been speaking to christopher lamb, the vatican correspondent for the tablet, who explained what's behind the pope's comments. what he's saying is that, as long as he's able to govern the church and lead the church, make the big decisions, he will stay as pope. but if his health fails him, then he would step down. i think there's an important message about service and leadership that he's trying to make, that he's not someone who wants to cling on to office until the very last moment. you know, he never expected to be elected pope, so that's not

the preoccupation for him. he's trying to say that, "look, i could stand down." no—one is indispensable in the church, even the pope. you can change the pope. australian prime minister anthony albanese, has revealed details of a referendum aimed at enshrining indigenous voices in parliament. he said australians will be asked whether they support a constitutional change that gives a say to aborigines and melanesian people living in the torres strait islands off queensland. it would bring australia into line with canada, new zealand and the us in formally recognising indigenous populations. we are seeking a momentous change, but it is also a very simple one. it is not a matter of special treatment or preferential power, it is about

consulting aboriginal and torres straight islander peoples on the decisions that affect you. nothing more but nothing less. we'll take a look at tomorrow's front pages at 10:30pm and 11:30pm this evening in the papers — our guestjoining me tonight is kieran andrews, scottish political editor at the times. now it's time for a look at the weather. hello there. cloudy skies to close out the day for many. and there'll be some rain around as we go through the evening and overnight, the heaviest of which is likely to be across west wales, gradually moving its way steadily eastwards. it will weaken a touch the further east it goes. and there's still a question mark as to whether we might see some in the southeast corner, where we are now starting to get pretty desperate for some rain. here, it stays quite humid through the night. clearer skies and a fresher start to the day in scotland. that's where we will have some lovely sunshine first thing,

a similar story for northern ireland. 0ur rain will gradually slip its way steadily eastwards, keeping a fair amount of cloud into the afternoon and still the risk of a few isolated showers, but it will still continue to feel quite warm and humid with it. top temperatures tomorrow of around 26 celsius, staying a little bit fresher further north and west. into monday, a good deal of dry weather around with some glimpses of sunshine, indication of more rain to come from the northwest later on in the day.

hello, this is bbc news. the headlines: dozens are injured as protesters storm the iraqi parliament for the second time in a week. kentucky counts the cost of the state's deadliest flooding — with many residents still unaccounted for. as of 11am this morning, we can

confirm 25 fatalities across five counties. that number will continue to grow. pope francis says health problems are likely to force him to travel less frequently and he may even have to retire. translation: with all honesty, it's not a catastrophe. _ translation: with all honesty, it's not a catastrophe. you _ translation: with all honesty, it's not a catastrophe. you can - translation: with all honesty, it's not a catastrophe. you can change l translation: with all honesty, it's| not a catastrophe. you can change or pope. it's not a problem. now on bbc news, deadly browsing: the lorry driver. how a lorry driver, looking at dating sites while driving, went on to kill three people. a warning — this programme contains images some viewers may find upsetting. radio: nissan in sunderland - and rolls-royce are among the firms reporting production problems caused by staff being forced _ to stay at home. theo leggett reports... i'm on the motorway. i think you'll already have a million calls about an accident. the car's on fire, it'll

be all the services. mate, don't go any further cos this might blow up any second now. . you can hear it popping. be at least two obvious fatalities. can you push them back a bit? yeah, yeah, of course. we need to get rid of these lot. everyone, clear away! there's still a risk of further explosion. it's literally like a bomb's gone off. have you got your mobile phone with you at the moment? i do, yes. could i take that from you, please? you're under arrest for causing death by dangerous driving. all right? there's been some fatalities in these cars over here. whiskey, victor 13, golf, hotel, x—ray. angry. erm... but, yeah, i do still... i do still feel partly sorry for him. his life's ruined. we've got one, two, three... ..dead patients. that we know?