this is bbc news. i'm rebecca jones with the latest headlines. president biden confirms the head of al-qaeda, ayman al—zawahiri, has been killed by a us drone strike in kabul. he made videos including in recent weeks calling for his followers to attack the united states and our allies. nowjustice has been delivered and this terrorist leader is no more. experts predict typical household energy bills will rise to more than £3,300 a year this autumn, and climb even higher next year. it comes as bp reports £6.9 billion in quarterly profits — its highest in m years. life support is expected to be withdrawn from 12—year—old archie battersbee today, after court of appeal judges said his treatment

should not continue. british airways halts sales of tickets on short—haul flights from heathrow for a week as disruption for travellers continues. mps are calling for non—surgical cosmetic procedures like botox and fillers to be better regulated. welcome to bbc news. the leader of al-qaeda, ayman al—zawahiri, has been killed in an american drone strike in afghanistan. al—zawahiri was one of the masterminds behind the september 11th attacks against the united states in 2001. after years of tracking him, the cia targeted him with two missiles from a drone flying

above the afghan capital kabul, killing him instantly. announcing the strike, president biden said the killing would bring closure to families of the nearly 3,000 victims of the 9/11 attacks. it comes nearly a year after the us�*s chaotic withdrawal from afghanistan, as our washington correspondent nomia iqbal reports. after decades, america has killed one of its most wanted terrorists. my fellow americans, on saturday, at my direction, the united states successfully concluded an air strike in kabul, afghanistan, which killed the emir of al-qaeda, ayman al—zawahiri. the president said he gave his personal approval to kill ayman al—zawahiri. justice has been delivered, and this terrorist leader is no more. people around the world no longer need to fear the vicious and determined killer. the united states continues to demonstrate our resolve

and our capacity to defend the american people against those who seek to do us harm. you know, we make it clear again tonight that no matter how long it takes, no matter where you hide, if you are a threat to our people, the united states will find you and take you out. it's taken 21 years. 0sama bin laden was the face behind the 9/11 attacks, but al—zawahiri was seen as the brains. officials say his tactics and organisational skills were responsible for the deaths of nearly 3000 people. both men were close, appearing in propaganda videos. al—zawahiri was even bin laden�*s personal physician. the us wanted him dead or alive for $25 million. i think what this reflects is, really, the challenges we have had on our counterterrorism policies where al—zawahiri has been able

to survive for two decades. 0utlasted the afghanistan war in safety, prior to us being able to eliminate him. when bin laden was killed by the americans in 2011, al—zawahiri took over. the president said america hunted him for a year, eventually locating him to a safe house in kabul last weekend. they shot two missiles at him. his family members were unharmed. al—zawahiri was rumoured to be in bad health, becoming a remote figure, and with the rise of other terror groups like the so—called islamic state, his influence was marginal compared to his predecessor. the taliban has called the killing "a violation of international principles". but al—zawahiri's presence in kabul has cast doubt on the taliban's promise its country would not be a haven for terrorists. nomia iqbal, bbc news, washington. 0ur chief international correspondent lyse doucet is in the afghan capital kabul and has more now about the mission.

the strikes on a crowded residential neighbourhood took place just streets away from where we are standing now. it is quite a gaudy mansion, a villa, in quite a wealthy residential neighbourhood, next to a popular supermarket and a major bank. we were able to approach the house. the neighbours said it had been, the house, a several storey villa with balconies, which had been struck in the early hours of sunday morning. it turns out they were two hellfire missiles fired from a drone. we can see this morning that plastic screening had been put on top of the balconies. the windows of the nearby house had been shattered. now, the neighbours said to us that they believed it had been an empty house. they said they don't recall seeing anyone around there, although the us said that

al—zawahiri had used the house for many months, that he liked to sit on the balcony. whether or not the neighbours did not want to speak, whether they didn't know or whether his movements were so discreet that they were not noticed, i think we will have to wait a bit of time before these details become clearer. but the house is said to be owned by sirajuddin haqqani, a leading member of the taliban movement. he is now the interior minister and he is under us terrorism sanctions. of course, it is a very complex story about the efforts to hunt down ayman al—zawahiri. there were, there has been discussion about, it seems to have been carried out by the cia, by the us�*s top spy agency, not by the us military, which since the pull—out of us forces last year, had been said to maintain, they use the phrase, "over the horizon" operations, operating from bases outside of afghanistan. it seems they got a tip—off, credible information, they said.

there was even talk that president biden had been shown a mock—up of the house and they had been studying it for the past three months. so very detailed, very painstaking operation. let's speak to chris hunter, formerly a major in the british army and now an author and broadcaster. thank you forjoining us. tell us first of all a little bit more about why this man was such an important target for the us. i why this man was such an important target for the us.— target for the us. i think, first and foremost, _ target for the us. i think, first and foremost, he _ target for the us. i think, first and foremost, he was - target for the us. i think, first - and foremost, he was instrumental in the 9/11 attacks, he was really the mastermind behind it, secondly, he was the second in command to bin laden, and then took over as the emyr once 0sama bin laden had been interdicted and killed by the united states seal teams. he was the head of al-qaeda, and therefore, a very significant target and somebody who

was still very much in the forefront of the biden administration's mines and certainly they carry over from the 0bama administration. how difficult an _ the 0bama administration. how difficult an operation what it has been to find him, to track him and then to ultimately kill him? finding somebody is— then to ultimately kill him? finding somebody is not _ then to ultimately kill him? finding somebody is not too _ then to ultimately kill him? finding somebody is not too difficult. - somebody is not too difficult. finding somebody surreptitiously is incredibly difficult. this is the real issue. we understand he was under surveillance for several months which is quite typical, when you find somebody, you develop what is called a pattern of life, basically looking at their movements, their routines, their daily habits, if you like. ultimately, it is to enable the interdicting forces to identify any areas they can exploit, their weaknesses. at that point, they can come up with some kind of plan and we know that president biden and his administration or did the defence chiefs to go away and look at some options. we know that an entire mock—up of the building was

constructed and several different options were looked at and ultimately, it was decided eventually to go for the two hellfire missiles fired from a drone. ., , , , hellfire missiles fired from a drone. ., , ,, ., ., drone. how surprised are you that he was livin: drone. how surprised are you that he was living in — drone. how surprised are you that he was living in kabul, _ drone. how surprised are you that he was living in kabul, and _ drone. how surprised are you that he was living in kabul, and not- drone. how surprised are you that he was living in kabul, and not for- was living in kabul, and not for example hiding out in remote countryside? it example hiding out in remote countryside?— example hiding out in remote countryside? it is interesting, there was _ countryside? it is interesting, there was a — countryside? it is interesting, there was a report _ countryside? it is interesting, there was a report last - countryside? it is interesting, there was a report last month countryside? it is interesting, - there was a report last month issued and i'm going to read from it, and it set out their weary had been confirmed to be alive and communicating freely with regular video messages and providing the most current proof of life. it's noticed his increased comfort and ability to communicate coincided with last year's taliban takeover in afghanistan. that is quite crucial, it suggests he has been there since the taliban took over, but it also raises further questions about the doha agreements which effectively website to see they americans would not have any military forces in afghanistan and nor would the taliban governments basically provide safe haven or any support to terrorist groups and in particular al-qaeda. interestingly, you know,

wejust al-qaeda. interestingly, you know, we just saw from the report, there, we just saw from the report, there, we have seen taliban members going to clean the scene, effectively, to remove any trace of al zoe heery being in that building and then we have seen a strong condemnation from the afghan government, saying america has breached the doha agreements and similarly, america has justified agreements and similarly, america hasjustified its strike by agreements and similarly, america has justified its strike by saying the taliban regime has broken the doha record by harbouring terrorists and in particular al-qaeda in the first place. so and in particular al-qaeda in the first place-— and in particular al-qaeda in the first lace. ., , first place. so if those agreements have been breached, _ first place. so if those agreements have been breached, what - first place. so if those agreements have been breached, what might l first place. so if those agreementsl have been breached, what might be possible repercussions be? well. have been breached, what might be possible repercussions be?- possible repercussions be? well, i ruess, possible repercussions be? well, i guess. because — possible repercussions be? well, i guess, because both _ possible repercussions be? well, i guess, because both of— possible repercussions be? well, i guess, because both of them - possible repercussions be? well, i guess, because both of them have reached them, it is some kind of stalemate. but it certainly nullifies the agreement, that is for sure, i would suggest and it is going to take some serious diplomacy going to take some serious diplomacy going forward to reach an impasse, i think. , , ., think. chris hunter, very good to talk to yom _ think. chris hunter, very good to talk to you. thanks _ think. chris hunter, very good to talk to you. thanks for _ think. chris hunter, very good to talk to you. thanks for your - talk to you. thanks for your thoughts and insights and joining us on bbc news.

the energy company bp has reported the second highest profit in its history. between april and june, it made £6.9 billion, three times as much as in the same period last year. it comes on the back of soaring energy prices as consumers face huge increases to their household bills. i'm joined by our business correspondent ramzan karmali. it isa it is a vast amount of money. put it into context for us. figs it is a vast amount of money. put it into context for us.— into context for us. as you say, it is their second-biggest _ into context for us. as you say, it is their second-biggest profits i is their second—biggest profits ever, biggest in 1a years, i mean, it is huge, these are big numbers and don't forget, these come on the back of last week, we heard from shell and they had mapping —— massive profits, two and the two american oil giants, chevron and exxon mobile have announced massive profit so are starting to wonder, hang on, we are paying a lot more money for our and petrol, yet these companies are making money and huge amounts of money. it also comes on the back of the day we heard from

one analyst that thinks that the energy price cap could rise to over £3600 in october. these profits, yes, for bp and their shareholders, who are going to get an increase in the dividend of around 10% as well. and pension holders as well if pensions are invested. exactly, good news for them _ pensions are invested. exactly, good news for them but _ pensions are invested. exactly, good news for them but consumers - pensions are invested. exactly, good news for them but consumers will i pensions are invested. exactly, goodj news for them but consumers will be looking at this, thinking, hang on a second, we are paying through the nose for petrol at the moment and these guys are making money like there's no tomorrow. 50 these guys are making money like there's no tomorrow.— there's no tomorrow. so will it reiunite there's no tomorrow. so will it reignite the — there's no tomorrow. so will it reignite the debate _ there's no tomorrow. so will it reignite the debate as - there's no tomorrow. so will it reignite the debate as to - there's no tomorrow. so will it i reignite the debate as to whether more profit should go towards helping people pay their household energy bills? 50 helping people pay their household energy bills?— energy bills? so bp, this time last ear, energy bills? so bp, this time last year. where _ energy bills? so bp, this time last year. where paying _ energy bills? so bp, this time last year, where paying about - energy bills? so bp, this time last year, where paying about £100 - year, where paying about £100 million in tax on oil profits, but they reckon this time, they will be paying about £1 billion windfall tax so they are saying, we are already paying as it is and when we were making losses a few years ago, shell and bp will argue, they were not asking to be subsidised for the losses they were making so they will feel it is unfair but there is pressure mounting. these companies are making huge amounts of money at are making huge amounts of money at a time when consumers are suffering

and something should be done about this. . ~ and something should be done about this. ., ,, , ., and something should be done about this. ., ,, i. ., ., , it comes as household energy bills could rise even higher than expected this autumn — with the price cap set to go up again in october. the energy watchdog 0fgem had previously warned that the average yearly gas bill will be £2,800, but energy analysts cornwall insight have told the bbc the figure is likely to be £500 more than that, before rising even more next year. here's our business correspondent ben boulos. in the summer, it's much easier because we don't have to have the heating on, we don't have to use the dryer, i can hang all these clothes on the line. ruth, a mother of two, has already cut back on her energy usage. might have to change some of the way that we do things inside the house, and maybe i'll be out here in the cold pegging the washing on the line. now, news of another hike

in energy bills this autumn is putting the pressure on. the latest prediction is that it will go up in the autumn to £3358 per year for an average household. what are your thoughts on that? i mean, it'sjust frightening, really, because it's such a huge amount of money and you can't get around it. there's things that you can't change, you know, when it's winter, we have to put the heating on, we have to put the lights on. maybe we won't have the heating on as much, maybe we'll have to put extra jumpers on. but there's some things that you can't change and you can't stop. i still have to wash the clothes. so it's going to be a challenging winter, i think, for everybody. in april last year, the energy price cap increased, pushing the annual bill for an average household on a variable rate from just over £1000 to £1138.

within a year, the price cap had risen to its current level, which puts a typical bill at £1971. but energy analysts cornwall insight think it will go even higher to more than £3358 this october. and these price rises are expected to continue, with families potentially paying as much as £3729 by this time next year. but while our household bills are soaring, energy firms are making record profits. shell made £9 billion between april and june. british gas owner centrica's profits were five times higher in the first half of this year compared to the year before. the government says it's providing support worth billions of pounds, including a £400 discount on energy bills for every household in england, scotland and wales. but citizens advice said the number of people seeking help because they can no longer afford

to eat and heat their homes has tripled in a year. ben boulos, bbc news. let's speak to our business reporter ben boulos. this figure of £3358 for household bills from the autumn that cornel insight are quoting, what do they base the figure on? where does it come from?— come from? that is based on the increase in _ come from? that is based on the increase in the _ come from? that is based on the increase in the wholesale - come from? that is based on the increase in the wholesale cost. come from? that is based on the increase in the wholesale cost of| increase in the wholesale cost of energy, the cost that the companies that print our bills and get the energy to our homes are having to pay to get gas and electricity in the first place, and so the protection from this energy analysis firm, cornwall insight, is based on that trend of the price going up so they expect the price cap will have to go up to reflect that because otherwise, the energy companies, as we have seen in the last year, 18 months, if they can't charge us more, they then go bust. we should say this is a prediction, it is a forecast but this group, cornwall

insight have tended to get it fairly accurately in the past. we will get accurately in the past. we will get a confirmation of the price cap later this month, on the 26th of august, it is due, which will tell us what the price cap will be set out in october. that is the point of course at which people's energy use goes up, people have to put the heating on, things, like ruth was explaining in that conversation, you can't dry the washing in the garden, you are more likely to have to use a tumble drier if you have one. that is just at the point where people's energy use will almost certainly go up, their bills will go up as well. and we should say the price cap is not an absolute ceiling, that is based on the typical average household use of gas and electricity, which means that if you use more than the average, you will be paying even more. you use more than the average, you will be paying even more.— be paying even more. you make an imortant be paying even more. you make an important point _ be paying even more. you make an important point that _ be paying even more. you make an important point that this _ be paying even more. you make an important point that this is, - be paying even more. you make an important point that this is, as - be paying even more. you make an important point that this is, as you | important point that this is, as you say, a prediction but i suppose what i wondered was, is cornwall insight the only firm making a prediction of

the only firm making a prediction of the bills being this high? 0r the only firm making a prediction of the bills being this high? or are there others are saying the same kind of thing? the there others are saying the same kind of thing?— there others are saying the same kind of thing? the regulator itself, ofuem, kind of thing? the regulator itself, 0fgem. made _ kind of thing? the regulator itself, 0fgem. made a — kind of thing? the regulator itself, 0fgem, made a prediction - kind of thing? the regulator itself, 0fgem, made a prediction back . kind of thing? the regulator itself, 0fgem, made a prediction back in| kind of thing? the regulator itself, - 0fgem, made a prediction back in may but it was forecasting the price cap would not go up as much as this. but we now have the benefit of another few months of data tracking the price of the wholesale cost of gas and electricity. so if you like, this is perhaps the more up—to—date figure that we have. another important point to remember is that if you are on a fixed tariff, a fixed term tariffs, you won't feel the effects of the price cap going up the effects of the price cap going up until your fixed term ends but when the tariff does come to an end, you may, well, you will feel a biggerjump than those who are already on variable tariffs and have seen it go up incrementally as the price cap has risen over the last year to 18 months. it is a really worrying time for many and it is forcing families to make some really difficult decisions. ruth, who you

heard from in that report, was telling me that as a family, they are having to look at the holiday they wanted to do next year and reconsider. can they afford it? on a day—to—day level, she said looking at the children's activities, if leisure centres and sports centres are facing their energy bills going up are facing their energy bills going up and they make it more expensive, can families afford to pay for their children to keep doing those kind of things? children to keep doing those kind of thins? . ~ children to keep doing those kind of thins? ., ~' ,, children to keep doing those kind of thins? ., ~ i. ., children to keep doing those kind of thins? . ~' ,, ., ., children to keep doing those kind of thins? . ~ ,, ., ., , an international study has warned that the risks of a climate change catastrophe, including human extinction, are not being taken seriously by scientists. the authors say that the consequences of warming beyond three degrees celsius have been "dangerously underexplored" and the world needs to start preparing for the possibility of what they term the "climate endgame." non—surgical cosmetic procedures like botox and fillers should be better regulated to prevent people who are struggling with their appearance from being exploited.

that's one of the recommendations from a health committee report into body image, which has looked into the link between how people feel about the way they look and their mental health. 0ur correspondent zoe conway reports. when you look at nyome nicholas—williams, what do you see? yeah, beautiful. i can get all of your new tattoos as well! photographer alexandra cameron sees bravery. nyome is a model with influence. she has worked with brands like dove, adidas and boots. but her success has not come easy. growing up, she struggled with how she looked, and developed an eating disorder. and i equated my tallness with being my bigness, and i was like, ok, maybe if i could be, like, i could appear shorter and and it's all psychological. it's like what alex said with my inner dialogue, i really struggled to just understand that my body was ok

and that i didn't have to be like the girls in my class and just because i was taller or bigger, that didn't take away from the essence of who i was. but i couldn't understand that at that age and it lasted a long time. she despairs that so many people have a negative view of their body. after being so uncomfortable with myself for many years, just for me to be, like, present with who i am, that's all i want. and people, they like that. so obviously i know people want to be more like themselves. and ifeel like because i am unapologetically myself and i never will change, i think that is what people resonate with. images of so—called perfection are all around us. millions tuned into love island, but of course, it's not the first reality show. the only way is essex first blinged its way onto tv 12 years ago. one of its earliest stars, charlie king. go on, charlie! throughout his life, charlie has struggled with how his body looks,

or what is called body dysmorphia. it drove him to have cosmetic surgery on his nose. i went on a plastic surgery journey which i thought was going to be incredible, the making of me. and it was totally the opposite. the surgery didn't go to plan. i have had to wait two years to have my nose fixed, and i have had to live with that and that choice, and that has been one of the hardest lessons that i've ever learned, all because i thought i needed to change. he is grateful for the opportunities that towie gave him but he's worried about the effect reality tv could be having on young people. and when you're being bombarded with it, you don't see diversity, or different sorts of bodies being represented, if we are looking at certain reality tv shows, then what? because that seems to be what sells, that's what's going to get the viewings, that's what's going to get people talking and ultimately that's what's going to be seen as attractive. that's dangerous. a new report by the health select committee is concerned

about the impact that body images are having on mental health. they want to see labelling of digitally altered commercial pictures and regulation for nonsurgical cosmetic procedures within a year. so, i have had filler in my lips, i have had filler in my nose, i've had it on my nose to mouth lines, chin, jawline. i have had filler in my cheeks multiple times. every time kim booker got filler put in her face, she felt euphoric. but the feeling never lasted. she would spend hours on social media looking at adverts for cosmetic surgery. she once had so much filler in her nose, it came close to collapse. she also wants to see more regulation of cosmetic procedures. it's really sad, it's... it'sjust, yeah, it's really, really sad that i have, ijust disliked the way i looked that much at those times. and it's just everywhere you look,

and i still have those moments. it's still something that... because everywhere you look, there's this image of perfection. she is now in a much happier phase of her life, and she has this message for her younger self. you are worth more than what you look, you're worth so much more. sorry. it's just really, it's just really sad. in a statement, the government spokesperson said...

alex cameron hopes that her photography can help reframe how we view ourselves and each other. it's so powerful to see a woman like nyome standing up and saying, "i'm amazing," which she is, because for too long, society and the world for some reason told her she wasn't and that is the shift that needs to happen, the acceptance, and it is happening. the body positivity movement is huge in that, but so much more needs to be done and people really need to watch themselves online. people need to understand kindness. zoe conway, bbc news. joining me now to discuss the impact of social media on body image, and what more needs to be done to regulate digitally enhanced media, is alex light, an influencer, body image campaigner and author of the book you are not a before image. she was one of the people who gave evidence to the committee for the inquiry. we are we a re really we are really grateful for your time. thank you forjoining us. we

heard in that report some of the recommendations from the committee, more regulation of procedures, the labelling of digitally altered material, for example. what do you make of the recommendations and in your view do they go far enough? i think it is fantastic that body image and especially the intrinsic link between body image and mental health is being taken seriously and at the governor is being called to take it more seriously, especially eating disorders, as we know that poor body image and negative body image feeds and can lead to eating disorders. i think there is still a way to go but i really think that the proposals around education on body image for both parents and children, and education in the health care space around weight stigma are really important and i like the proposal as well of edited

photos being labelled. i think that would be a really positive step. i wanted to ask you about edited photos being labelled, how much is the alteration of digital content, be it online, on social media and in adverts, how big a problem is that? i think it is a huge problem and actually, the biggest problem with editing content is it promotes a false visual narrative for ourselves and it sets the standard of beauty which is both unattainable and unrealistic. even the girl in the photo does not look like that. with the improvement in technology and with user practice as well because now you can even extensively edit your body and face in videos as well, it is now almost impossible to tell if something has been edited or not. a lot of the time we take the content we are seeing at face value, and this perfect by society's standards content induces these feelings of inadequacy in us and

makes us feel bad, the comparison just makes us feel bad. if i makes us feel bad, the comparison just makes us feel bad.— just makes us feel bad. if i might ask, what just makes us feel bad. if i might ask. what has — just makes us feel bad. if i might ask, what has been _ just makes us feel bad. if i might ask, what has been your - just makes us feel bad. if i might ask, what has been your own - ask, what has been your own experience of seeing that kind of content? for experience of seeing that kind of content? ., ., , , content? for me, it really blurred the lines of _ content? for me, it really blurred the lines of reality, _ content? for me, it really blurred the lines of reality, and _ content? for me, it really blurred the lines of reality, and i - content? for me, it really blurred the lines of reality, and i was - the lines of reality, and i was finding myself constantly comparing myself to these "flawless" images that i knew i could never live up to but the problem is it didn't stop me from trying and that is where the real mental and physical impact came in for me. you know, ultimately, i... ended up with an eating disorder and really suffered for a very long time and i think the consumption of this flawless material, both in the media and in social media, really had a very strong contribution to that. so how did ou strong contribution to that. so how did you emerge — strong contribution to that. so how did you emerge out _ strong contribution to that. so how did you emerge out of _ strong contribution to that. so how did you emerge out of the - strong contribution to that. so how did you emerge out of the other. strong contribution to that. so how i did you emerge out of the other side and what advice would you give to young people who are perhaps struggling in the way that you were?

i think what i would love to say to anybody struggling is that we really can take control of this and i think there needs to be more education around this in that we can, to an extent, control what we see on social media. we can manipulate the algorithm to show us what we want to see and we can cure eight hour feeds and follow people of all different shapes and sizes and races and genders and we can follow people that might people —— unfollow people that might people —— unfollow people that only uphold a very narrow standard of beauty and for me that was a huge step in basically desensitising myself to a real, genuine cross—section of society and that had a hugely positive impact on my body image and how i saw myself and i think it would for anyone who was to take those steps as well and just to realise that real beauty lies in diversity, not in this very warped, narrow standard of beauty

that we have been led to believe is the only type of beauty. so i think if we realise we can take it into our own hands and for me, that was really pivotal in myjourney into feeling better about my body and to finding peace in my own skin. thank ou for finding peace in my own skin. thank you forjoining _ finding peace in my own skin. thank you forjoining us. _ finding peace in my own skin. thank you forjoining us. and _ finding peace in my own skin. thank you forjoining us. and sharing - finding peace in my own skin. thank you forjoining us. and sharing your experiences and thoughts and insights. we are very grateful, t. thank you. let's catch up on the weather. carol is here. ., ., ., let's catch up on the weather. carol is here. . ., ., is here. that looks murky. it certainly _ is here. that looks murky. it certainly is. _ is here. that looks murky. it certainly is, it's _ is here. that looks murky. it certainly is, it's been - is here. that looks murky. it certainly is, it's been a - is here. that looks murky. it. certainly is, it's been a cloudy is here. that looks murky. it - certainly is, it's been a cloudy and murky and wet start from but not all of us. through the day temperatures rise and the rain at ease and we will be left with a future was but at this luncheon will also come out, hanging onto murky conditions around the coast of wales and south—west

england. 2a in aberdeen and birmingham, 30 in the south—east and quite gloss today as well. this evening and overnight as well. this evening and overnight as well. this evening and overnight with a front sinking southwards and producing cloud in some spots of rain but not into the north and west of scotland, submerging to give longer spells of rain and it will be humid. tomorrow the remnants of the weather front in the remnants of the weather front in the south, producing a ban of cloud, most of us will not see any rain, lots of dry weather and as the wind changes to a north—west, fresh conditions and a few showers in the north, still humid in the south. hello this is bbc news. the headlines. president biden confirms the head of al-qaeda, ay—man al zawa—hiri has been killed by a us drone strike in kabul. he made videos including in recent

weeks calling for his followers to attack the united states and our allies. nowjustice has been delivered and this terrorist leader is no more. experts predict typical household energy bills will rise to more than £3,300 a year this autumn — and climb even higher next year. it comes as bp reports £6.9 billion in quarterly profits — its highest in 1a years. life support is expected to be withdrawn from 12—year—old archie battersbee today, after court of appeal judges said his treatment should not continue. british airways halts sales of tickets on short—haul flights from heathrow for a week as disruption for travellers continues. sport and for a full round—up, from the bbc sport centre, here's mike. i was lucky enough to be at the

velodrome yesterday to see the cycling and i thought i saw you there, was i right? filth. cycling and i thought i saw you there, was i right?— cycling and i thought i saw you there, was i right? oh, dear, you oor there, was i right? oh, dear, you poorthing! _ there, was i right? oh, dear, you poor thing! you _ there, was i right? oh, dear, you poor thing! you did, _ there, was i right? oh, dear, you poor thing! you did, i _ there, was i right? oh, dear, you poor thing! you did, i was - there, was i right? oh, dear, you poor thing! you did, i was taking | poor thing! you did, i was taking part in the all—star comic relief event, in a head—to—head race against newscaster dermot monaghan. i was hoping lots of the crowd would leave because dame laura kenny had just won another gold medal and then we were up, just to let the standards down a little bit! more on that on monday. it's day five of the commonwealth games and it's going to be a busy one with 37 gold medals up for grabs, as the athletics gets under way at alexandra stadium. as one event starts, another came to a dramatic end — the cycling finished with a gold medalfor laura kenny. here's austin halewood with that, and some of the day's other highlights. after four days without a gold

in the velodrome, england's queen of the track reigned supreme once again. in 2012, this was the very spot where laura kenny made her name with two golds in the london olympics. a decade on, she was back, this time in the women's scratch race — ten kilometres, a0 laps, the first rider across the line wins. so with the finish in sight, she made her move. and with 27 major championship golds already in the bag, she knows exactly how to turn it on in these closing moments. and she's a champion once again! kenny, who almost quit the sport earlier this year, back on top. i had just absolutely lost motivation. and then last night i was messaging my new coach, len, and i was like, "no, i'm not giving up! i'm not giving up on this. i've got one more roll of the dice, please!" and then to cross the line here in london, oh, ijust — honestly, i couldn't ask for anything more. unlike the velodrome, the gymnastics centre has already

seen plenty of english gold, and theyjust keep coming. jake jarman winning his third of these games in the individual floor final, while local lad joe frazer took his second gold, this time in the pommel horse final, before courtney tulloch and georgia mae fenton both won gold to round off a great day for england. shannon archer leapt into the scottish history books with this vault. it was good enough for bronze — scotland's first ever artistic gymnastics medal at the commonwealth games. the first gold of the day came at the weightlifting, thanks to england's chris murray in the 81 kilo category. he lifted a combined 325 kilograms across his two lifts — about the same weight as your typical grizzly bear. and he couldn't quite believe it. england's maisie summers—newton is currently training to be a teacher, but around her studies, she still manages to be the best in the world in the pool. the world, european and paralympic champion, now completing the set

with gold in the women's 100 metres breaststroke sb6. and while it may have finally come home for england's lionesses at the weekend, lucy beere finally ended 28 years of hurt for guernsey at the commonwealth games. the bowler won a silver medal in the women's singles. with a population ofjust 64,000 — about the same as canterbury — it could just be guernsey's greatest sporting moment. austin halewood, bbc news. lucy is going to get some sort of reception when she gets back to guernsey. what a moment. there was an historic moment for swimmer duncan scott, who became scotland's most decorated commonwealth athlete. he took his tally to 11 with two bronze medals yesterday — he'd already won gold on saturday so he's having a great games. so, how does all that leave the medals table? england added a massive ten gold medals to their tally

yesterday but they're still second behind australia, scotland stay seventh with two golds. wales are still tenth and northern ireland have dropped a place to 16th. barry clemence will be hoping to add to their tally in the pool today. some sport has happened that mac started today already, the lawn bowls at leamington spa and this is a gold medal match taking place, wales against england at victoria park and i think england have got the upper hand at the moment in that, 6-1 the upper hand at the moment in that, 6—1 but early doors in that after the ninth end. sorry, wales are ahead, i do apologise, wales are ahead, my eyes are failing me there.

hopefully for them they can keep that going. also the hockey going on at the moment, a big match, rivals match, new zealand versus australia in the women's hockey, top of the table clash in pool a, the same scotland are in an england play india in the other pool, pool b. we are no half an hour away from the athletics with katarina johnson—thompson her campaign. victoria square, people gathering to watch the big screen and there will be live music later on as well. and i hope i have not scarred you, watching me in the velodrome last night! mr; scarred you, watching me in the velodrome last night!— scarred you, watching me in the velodrome last night! my lips are sealed, it was _ velodrome last night! my lips are sealed, it was a _ velodrome last night! my lips are sealed, it was a very _ velodrome last night! my lips are

sealed, it was a veryjolly. - velodrome last night! my lips are sealed, it was a veryjolly. it - velodrome last night! my lips are sealed, it was a veryjolly. it was | sealed, it was a veryjolly. it was great seeing laura kenny winning gold. great seeing laura kenny winning old. . great seeing laura kenny winning iold_ ., ., , ., great seeing laura kenny winning iold. ., ., ., ., ,, gold. that was an honour. she obviously _ gold. that was an honour. she obviously doubt _ gold. that was an honour. she obviously doubt it _ gold. that was an honour. she obviously doubt it herself, - obviously doubt it herself, questioned herfuture in the obviously doubt it herself, questioned her future in the sport after those horrible crashes at the weekend and stormed back in the scratch to win gold.— weekend and stormed back in the scratch to win gold. mike, thanks so much. let's return to our top story — confirmation from president biden that the us has killed the leader of al-qaeda, ayman al—zawahiri, in a drone strike in afghanistan. ayman al—zawahiri was on the us most wanted list for his role in plotting the 9/11 terror attacks in 2001, which killed nearly 3,000 people he took over the terrorist group al-qaeda after the death of 0sama bin laden president biden said al—zawahiri was also behind the attack on the naval destroyer the uss cole, in aden, which killed 17 us sailors in the year 2000, and the attacks on the us embassies in kenya and tanzania in 1998,

which killed 223 people. announcing the drone strike, president biden said al—zawahiri had �*carved a trail of violence and murder against american citizens'. he said, �*nowjustice has been delivered and this terrorist leader is no more". earlier our security correspondent, gordon corera, said the assassination means a great deal to the authorities in the united states. this is a man who was directly involved in planning those september 11th 2001 attacks which killed thousands in new york and washington. hugely significant attacks, but also he was involved in some previous attacks and attacks afterwards. he was the one figure still at large from al-qaeda, its leader, after the death of 0sama bin laden about a decade ago, who the us really wanted to get rid of and to take out of action. and they've managed

to succeed in doing that. it's not necessarily that he was directly involved in planning that many attacks now. he's been a quieterfigure, he's been largely hiding. he was less charismatic than his predecessor, 0sama bin laden, but he was still the leader of al-qaeda, this organisation, which the us was effectively engaged in a war with for more than 20 years now. so for the us, a symbolically, i think emotionally, a powerful moment to have killed the leader of al-qaeda. he was an egyptian, came from a wealthy family, got involved in militant islamic movements in egypt, initially was jailed, then eventually fled the country after he was released and eventually ended up in afghanistan. and i think this is significant because he was in afghanistan in the �*90s, helped form al-qaeda with 0sama bin laden. this organisation which took, if you like, the terrorist struggle to the united states and the west, that was in an era when they were

sheltered by the taliban. and the great fear, of course, was that after the us withdrew from afghanistan last year quite chaotically, you remember those scenes at the airport, that al-qaeda, this group would return to find a safe haven in afghanistan. and it looks as if they were able to do that, with al—zawahiri using a safe house in a wealthy neighborhood in kabul. but the us will say even if that is one problem, they have been able to deal with it by carrying out this attack, even though they were no longer present with troops on the ground in afghanistan. the speaker of the us house of representatives, nancy pelosi, is expected to visit taiwan as part of her tour of asia, although there is no official confirmation on this yet. china has warned of serious consequences if the trip to the self—ruled island goes ahead.

last week, president xi jinping told president biden not to �*play with fire'. we can hear the view of china's permanent representative to united nations: we can see such a visit is apparently very much dangerous, very much provocative. if the us insists on making the visit, china will take a firm and strong measures to safeguard our national sovereignty and territorial integrity. 0ur correspondent rupert wingfield—hayes is in the taiwanese capital, taipei. the rhetoric has been very fiery, certainly from the chinese side, over the last few days, there have been all sorts of threats, both from senior figures, but mostly from the chinese state media, warning that nancy pelosi is is doing something that's very dangerous and that china would not stand idly by

while she comes and visits taiwan. i have to say, the mood here in taipei is very calm, partly because people here have heard these sorts of threats over and over against the island and its government and visitors over many decades. and they say this is the normal sort of rhetoric and threats that we get when these sorts of things happen. the attitude of people here — i've spoken to a number of politicians here from both the ruling party and the opposition, and what they're saying is ms pelosi is extremely welcome here and taiwan should be allowed to choose who it invites, who travels to taiwan, and it should not be dictated by beijing. pakistan's prime minister shehbaz sharif is visiting the south western province of balochistan to oversee flood relief operations. local officials say victims are not receiving any food or water, after the area was hit badly by recent heavy monsoon rains. almost 140 people have died there sincejune, and there has also been damage to local roads and infrastructure.

0ur correspondent pumza fihlani is in islamabad. it is actually a very grim picture on the ground. we are hearing reports that far flung communities, including some of the areas that the prime minister has been visiting, are still without aid. we are getting reports that many people in villages there are still waiting on food and they are waiting on clean drinking water. we know that some ngos are trying to assist the government with some of those relief efforts. but as it stands, help is trickling in, but it's trickling in slowly. we know that a total at the moment of around 478 people have died in the current floods and more rains are expected over the next few days. so experts have warned that the death toll could continue to increase. the court of appeal has rejected another attempt to stop a hospital withdrawing life support for archie battersbee — the 12—year—old who was found unconscious at his home in essex in april.

the judges said treatment should not continue beyond midday, although the boy's parents could take the case back to the supreme court, as ellie price reports. another court hearing, another crushing disappointment for the family of archie battersbee. doctors say the 12—year—old is brainstem dead and judges from the high court and court of appeal have repeatedly maintained it's in his best interests to switch off life support. but his mother fights on. i have got my son's best interests at heart, and paul, and the siblings. nobody else has got archie's best interests at heart and i say, and i still stand by it, archie's best interests would be to allow that child time to recover. if he doesn't recover, he doesn't recover, but give him time to recover. archie was injured during an incident at home and taken to southend hospital on the 7th of april. after a series of tests, a high courtjudge ruled on the 13th

ofjune that archie is dead, based on mri scan results, and that treatment could be withdrawn. 0n the 20th ofjune, the family asked the court of appeal to reconsider the case and it ruled that a new hearing should take place. that new hearing was held on the 15th ofjuly, and a judge ruled that life—support treatment should end. a decision supported by the court of appeal. thejudge in yesterday's hearing has said that there should be no further postponement of the withdrawal of life support beyond midday today. for archie's parents, their last hope now lies with the supreme court. ellie price, bbc news. liz truss's bid to become the next prime minister has received a boost after her former leadership rival penny mordaunt pledged to back her. the trade minister described ms truss as the "hope candidate" at a leadership hustings event in exeter, where her rival rishi sunak attacked her plans to cut taxes. british airways says it will stop selling tickets on short—haulflights from heathrow airport until monday.

the move is due to the cap on daily passenger numbers that the airport has imposed over the summer, in an attempt to reduce travel chaos. the sales suspension will affect ba's flights to domestic and european destinations. regular viewers may remember the enormous reaction we had a couple of months ago, after we interviewed dj adele roberts about what life was like living with a stoma bag. one little girl was particularly inspired. seven—year—old jessica has had a stoma since she was four, and has since made it her mission to reduce the stigma and raise awareness. graham satchell has been to meet her. seven—year—old jessica, playing in the park with her little sister, penny. everywhere she goes, her bear, buttony, goes with her. i've had him forfour years,

and she's a very special bear. why is he special? eh, because, erm, he's got a stoma on his tummy. ah! someone fell off the ship! jessica was born with a serious bowel condition that meant she struggled to poo. she was in all this pain and we didn't know what was the cause of the pain. and it wasjust before she turned four, they said to give her body a break, a stoma will be the best way forward. it was a real worry. more so ifjessica was going to accept it. jessica had surgery. doctors made an opening in the skin of her tummy, a stoma, to allow her to go to the loo more easily. just before surgery, jessica was given a teddy bear by the charity, a bear named buttony. ifjessica didn't get the buttony bear before she had her surgery, then she wouldn't have accepted it as well as she did. she had the bear about two months

before, and she was playing with it. she took it into school. and itjust doesn't help her. it helps everybody to understand what a stoma is as well. for the last few years, jessica has been raising money. she wants more children to be able to get a buttony bear before their surgery. people might not know what a stoma is, and they might be going in to get one and they might be wondering, what is a stoma? and they might be a bit worried about it. but do you think there's anything to worry about? no. because you can still do anything. right. oh, thank you very much for all these. shall we have a look what's in the bags? i yeah? jessica has come to drop off the latest batch of teddies at alder hey hospital. i'll tell you what, shall we take it off so it's easier? _ yeah, take the little bag off? we can see the teddy- with the stoma, can't we? 0h, jessica's brilliant _ with what she does, supplying us with the teddy bears and the books. and she gets out there and just promotes how positive life - can be with a stoma.

a few years ago, it was a big stigma having a stoma. - people thought it was smelly and it was horrible. - they don't realise the benefits of it. j but with people like jessica being out there and some i of the celebrities have had stomas and stuff now, itjust promotes . the independence of how you can be normal with a stoma. _ jessica is determined to live life to the full. she's a keen dancer and won't let her stoma hold her back. ijust think she's a bundle ofjoy. so much energy, infectious energy. and you wouldn't think that she'd have the stoma. you just wouldn't know. and ijust think she inspires us as teachers, as well as other students. so i see jessica with a stoma as a positive thing, because it's made her more resilient, more strong, and a more positive outlook on the world. jessica posts videos on social media. she wants to share her story, to let other people know that life with a stoma can be normal and nothing to worry about.

iwe're here at the hospital wherel i've been receiving my treatment, to see my brilliant stoma nurse, elaine — last month we filmed with radio1 dj adele, who also has a stoma, and has also been raising awareness. this essentially- is my small intestine. iand the reason that the doctorsi gave me this is because my large i colon is healing at the moment, . because i've had a tumour removed. adele has become an inspiration forjessica. hi, adele. i wanted to thank you for raising awareness with me, because it means so much to me, and, yeah, helping the children, the children and adults who have a stoma with me. bye. so a final surprise — a message from jessica's hero. just sending our love, hoping that you're fitl and healthy and well. and i'm so sorry that i couldn't be there with you today. _ i hope to meet you one day soon, because you're - a massive inspiration to me.

and thank you also for inspiring so many people to go out - and buy buttony bears. _ so proud to be a fellow merseysider. and like i say, hope to see you soon. i have a great day. isn't that lovely? yeah, it's amazing. are you happy? yeah. i want to meet her. just seven years old, jessica is raising awareness, helping others, changing lives for people living with a stoma. graham satchell, bbc news, liverpool. now to brazil, where an incredible operation has taken place to separate twins who were joined at the head. virtual reality projections of the twins helped to refine techniques to separate the three—year—olds, as mark lobel explains, and his report contains some images of the surgery itself. bernardo and arthur are twin brothers born with a fused brain in brazil.

described as otherwise healthy nearly four—year—olds, they could not sit or walk, robbing them of a normal childhood. as of around seven weeks ago, they now look like this, a remarkable moment, only the sixth such a separation of its kind, but this time, surgeries in rio dejaneiro came with direction from great 0rmond street street hospital in london. what we were able to do this time around which was a world first was to do it in virtual reality across the two continents, with us setting it up on our platforms here. we wore the vr goggles and then invited the team in brazil to join the vr theatre and all of the surgery was done in virtual reality, all the steps were taken before we actually lifted the scalpel. to handle the complex task of dealing with the brain, blood vessels, the skin, the bone and covering of the brain, each step was mapped out using simulations, over a six—month period. the advantage of practising on virtual reality projections of the twins meant that the team were able to refine things

when they repeatedly hit dead ends. nonetheless, as the surgeons involved concluded, it was still high—risk surgery. translation: i talked to their mother and told her i believed | we could separate her children. i learned the phrase, "when you have 1% possibility, you have 99% of faith." 0nce their parents were made aware of the risks, it was up to them to give surgeons the green light. translation: | had become - so desperate because i could not bear my sons' condition. the twins had seven surgeries. the final operation alone took over 27 hours and involved nearly 100 medical staff. it is hoped this will be a template for helping conjoined twins around the world. what we have been able to do at gemini untwined is to pool the global experience so that when the next set of kids are born with that, be it in israel, turkey or rio, in this instance, we are able to share our experience and our knowledge with the local team and then undertake the surgery

and support them. the boys are said to be recovering well in hospital, after their blood pressures and heart rates were said to be through the roof after their separation, until they were reunited, four days later, and touched hands. they will undergo rehabilitation for the next six months. mark lobel, bbc news. now it's time for a look at the weather with carol. pretty birds in the background. they certainly are, initially i thought they were pegs, my eyesight is so poon they were pegs, my eyesight is so poor. we started today with lots of cloud, some rain and windy conditions courtesy of this low pressure with front moving south and the some heavy rain especially across the lake district. these are two weather fronts are pushing eastwards, some heavy and thundery

and a fair bit of cloud but temperatures are rising, more of us will start to see some sunshine, left with a few showers and murky conditions across wales and the south—west. still a few showers for north—west scotland. blustery is the order of the day and humid. temperatures 15 in the north, 29 and 30 pushing down towards the south. this evening and overnight the weather front sinking southwards will bring cloud and rain with it, it will not get into the far south east and a plethora of showers across the north and west, submerging to go longer spells of rain. we are looking at another humid day. or humid nights. tomorrow, this week whether a front in the south producing a line of cloud, there might be the odd spot of rain but many of us have a dry

day and because the wind direction is changing to more of a north—westerly that will blow in some showers across scotland, northern england and northern ireland and introducing fresh conditions in the north—west as well. highs of 15 in stornoway, 27 in london. as we move through wednesday into thursday this i read a weather front but high—pressure nudging in from the atlantic which will impact and keep things fairly settled. weatherfront will impact and keep things fairly settled. weather front moving south, fairly weak but still producing some cloud and showers, 13—26 so tonic fresh quickly north—westerly breeze. as we head thursday in that faded we still have high pressure but note the yellow in the chart indicating it'll still be warm, not as hot as it'll still be warm, not as hot as it will have been and was fronts coming into the north—west at times

we will see some rain but still dry and light winds and highs of 25 celsius.

this is bbc news. these are the latest headlines in the uk and around the world. president biden confirms the head of al-qaeda, ayman al zawahiri, has been killed by a us drone strike in kabul. he made videos including in recent weeks calling for his followers to attack the united states and our allies. nowjustice has been delivered and this terrorist leader is no more. experts predict typical household energy bills will rise to more than £3,300 a year in the uk this autumn, and climb even higher next year. it comes as bp reports £6.9 billion in quarterly profits, its highest in 14 years.

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